Abstract
Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (1H NMR) was used to identify and quantitate the 4 isomeric bromo- and/or chloro-substituted 1,3-dihalo-5,5-dimethylhydantoins in technical-grade materials used to prepare commercial disinfectants and molluscicides. We found that the technical grades of bromo/chloro-substituted 1,3-dihalo-5,5-dimethylhydantoins are mixtures of the 4 possible isomers, that interconversion among isomers occurs in solution and can be detected by 1H NMR, and that isomer interconversion occurs over times greater than those of the NMR timescale.
Identification and Determination of the Isomeric Bromo- and/or Chloro-Substituted l,3-Dihalo-5,5- Dimethylhydantoins Used in Disinfectants and Molluscicides