Characterisation of oxidation products of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine by high-resolution orbitrap mass spectrometry
| Autor: | Yu. G. Khabarov, Nikolay V. Ul'yanovskii, Dmitry S. Kosyakov, I. I. Pikovskoi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Environmental Engineering
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis chemistry.chemical_element Rocket propellant 010501 environmental sciences Orbitrap Mass spectrometry 01 natural sciences Mass Spectrometry law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound law Environmental Chemistry Organic chemistry Hydrogen peroxide 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Dimethylhydrazines Aqueous solution 010401 analytical chemistry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Hydrogen Peroxide General Medicine General Chemistry Oxidants Pollution Nitrogen 0104 chemical sciences chemistry Mass spectrum Molar mass distribution Oxidation-Reduction |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 174:66-75 |
| ISSN: | 0045-6535 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.01.118 |
| Popis: | 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine is used as a fuel for carrier rockets in the majority of countries implementing space exploration programs. Being highly reactive, 1,1-dimethylhydrazine easily undergoes oxidative transformation with the formation of a number of toxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic compounds. The use of high-resolution mass spectrometry for the study of the reaction of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine oxidation with hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution allowed us to find hundreds of nitrogen-containing products of the CHN and CHNO classes, formed via radical processes. The vast majority of the compounds have not been previously considered as possible products of the transformation of rocket fuel. We have shown that the oxidation of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine proceeds in two stages, with the formation of a great number of complex unstable intermediates that contain up to ten nitrogen atoms. These intermediates are subsequently converted into final reaction products with a concomitant decrease in the average molecular weight. The intermediates and final products of the oxidative transformation of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine were characterised on the basis of their elemental composition using van Krevelen diagrams and possible compounds corresponding to the most intense peaks in the mass spectra were proposed. The data obtained are indicative of the presence of the following classes of heterocyclic nitrogen-containing compounds among the oxidation products: imines, piperidines, pyrrolidines, dihydropyrazoles, dihydroimidazoles, triazoles, aminotriazines, and tetrazines. The results obtained open up possibilities for the targeted search and identification of new toxic products of the degradation of rocket fuel and, as a result, a more adequate assessment of the ecological consequences of space-rocket activity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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