Photodegradation of ibuprofen under UV-Vis irradiation: mechanism and toxicity of photolysis products.

The photodegradation of ibuprofen (IBP) in aqueous media was studied in this paper. The degradation mechanism, the reaction kinetics and toxicity of the photolysis products of IBP under UV-Vis irradiation were investigated by dissolved oxygen experiments, quenching experiments of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and toxicity evaluation utilizing Vibrio fischeri. The results demonstrated that the IBP degradation process could be fitted by the pseudo first-order kinetics model.

Substituent electronic effects govern direct intramolecular C-N cyclization of N-(Biphenyl)pyridin-2-amines induced by hypervalent iodine(III) reagents.

The hypervalent iodine(III) reagent-induced the direct intramolecular C-N cyclization of N-(biphenyl)pyridin-2-amines to 6-arylbenzimidazoles and N-pyridinyl-9H-carbazoles is presented. The substituent electronic effects governing the formation of benzimidazoles and carbazoles from the reaction of N-(biphenyl)pyridin-2-amines with hypervalent iodine(III) reagents is investigated. Radical trapping and UV-vis spectroscopic experiments on the detection of the cation radical are carried out.