| Abstract
| - Both primary and secondary alcohols degrade iprodione, 3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-N-(1-methylethyl)-2,4-dioxo-1-imidazolidinecarboxamide. Steric hindrance has been found to have an inverse effecton the rate of its decomposition, and a fully substituted alcohol,such as tert-butanol, does not degrade iprodionedue to extreme steric hindrance. The instability of iprodione in alcoholwas found to be a function of the structure of the alcohol. The product,N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-3-(1-methylethyl)-2,4-dioxo-1-imidazolidinecarboxamide, is obtained from all of the reacting alcohols. Confirmationof this structure came from the consideration of its NMR, mass spectral,and elemental analysis data.
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