Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 1863.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20200852

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Enhancement Effect of Low-power Ultrasound on Iopamidol Chlorination and the Degradation Pathway

WEI Hong1(), YANG Xiaoyu1, LI Kebin2, HAO Miao1, FU Ran1   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Eco?Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region,Xi′an University of Technology,Xi′an 710048,China
    2.Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education,School of Chemistry and Material Science,Northwest University,Xi′an 710069,China
  • Received:2020-12-08 Online:2021-06-10 Published:2021-06-08
  • Contact: WEI Hong E-mail:weihong0921@xaut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51979223)

Abstract:

Iopamidol(IPM), as a widely used iodinated X-ray contrast media, was degraded by an ultrasound-enhanced chlorination process. Effects of the parameters, such as NaClO concentration, ultrasonic power, and reaction temperate on IPM degradation were investigated. The main reactive radicals and their respective contribution in IPM degradation were identified and estimated. Meanwhile the intermediates were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(HPLC/MS/MS) as well. The results showed that IPM degradation was significantly enhanced by ultrasonic excitation of NaClO. NaClO oxidation, hydroxyl radical and reactive chlorine species were involved in IPM degradation, and their contribution for degrading 10 mg/L of IPM in the presence of 0.12 mmol/L of NaClO at pH=5.8 under 25 ℃ were 15.82%, 4.65% and 79.53%, respectively. When NaClO concentration was in the range of 0―0.24 mmol/L, an increase in NaClO concentration resulted in IPM degradation efficiency going up from 4.75% to 91.12% in 60 min. Nevertheless, the ultrasound power displayed an optimum value of 28.5 W. The degradation of IPM under the US/NaClO system within 15―45 ℃ were fitted with the first-order kinetics and the corresponding activation energy(Ea) was calculated to be 59.03 kJ/mol. Finally, five intermediates were identified by HPLC/MS/MS analysis, together with the theoretical calculation of Density functional theory(DFT), the degradation pathway of IPM in the US/NaClO system was proposed.

Key words: Iodized X-ray contrast medias, Iopamidol, Ultrasound/NaClO, Reactive chlorine species

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