Photodegradation of fleroxacin by g-CN/PPy/Ag and HPLC-MS/MS analysis of degradation pathways.

To improve the photocatalytic activity of g-CN, graphitic phase carbon nitride was prepared using melamine as the substrate and modified with PPy and Ag nanoparticles. The structure, morphology, and optical properties of the photocatalysts were investigated using various characterization methods such as XRD, FT-IR, TEM, XPS, and UV-vis DRS. The degradation of fleroxacin, a common quinolone antibiotic, was isolated and measured using the HPLC-MS/MS technique to trace its intermediates and deduce the main degradation pathways.

N'-[1-(4-Amino-phen-yl)ethyl]pyrazine-2-carbohydrazide.

The title compound, C(13)H(13)N(5)O, crystallizes with two mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. The crystal structure is stabilized by intra-molecular N-H⋯N and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The dihedral angles between the pyrazine ring and the 4-aminolphenyl ring are 2.