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Comprehensive Mass Spectrometry Workflows to Systematically Elucidate Transformation Processes of Organic Micropollutants: A Case Study on the Photodegradation of Four Pharmaceuticals.
Helmus, Rick; Bagdonaite, Ingrida; de Voogt, Pim et al.
2025In Environmental Science and Technology
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Keywords :
UV photolysis; advanced oxidation processes; in-line degradation; non-target analysis workflows; open science; transformation products; Analysis workflow; Non-target analysis; Non-target analyze workflow; Organic micropollutants; UV-photolysis; Work-flows; Chemistry (all); Environmental Chemistry
Abstract :
[en] Organic micropollutants (OMPs) in the aquatic environment challenge conventional water treatment processes. Advanced oxidation processes, such as UV photolysis, serve as effective strategies to remove OMPs. However, these often yield unknown transformation products (TPs). High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS)-based non-target analysis (NTA) is commonly used to screen large numbers of chemicals but faces specific challenges such as low concentrations of compounds of interest, lack of reference standards, and the need for sophisticated data analysis workflows when used for TP identification. This article describes comprehensive workflows to study UV photolysis-related processes and the resulting TPs, by combining an automated photodegradation setup and HRMS and advanced NTA approaches. Four pharmaceuticals were successfully degraded in a case study, and 38 NTA features were effectively prioritized from complex sample matrices and identified as TPs through complementary approaches developed in this work. The identified TPs were structurally diverse and mostly novel. Semi-quantitation suggested that the TPs explained a relevant part of the parent removal. The developed workflows are a step toward systematic comprehensive analysis of transformation processes in water and beyond. The openly available data-processing tools and data enhance transformation data repositories and algorithms and support NTA studies in general.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Helmus, Rick ;  Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
Bagdonaite, Ingrida;  Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands ; Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1108, Amsterdam 1081 HZ, The Netherlands ; Analytical-Chemistry Group, van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands ; Centre for Analytical Sciences Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
de Voogt, Pim ;  Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
van Bommel, Maarten R;  Analytical-Chemistry Group, van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands ; Centre for Analytical Sciences Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands ; Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94522, Amsterdam 1090 GN, The Netherlands
SCHYMANSKI, Emma  ;  University of Luxembourg
van Wezel, Annemarie P;  Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands
Ter Laak, Thomas L;  Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, Amsterdam 1098 XH, The Netherlands ; KWR Water Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, Nieuwegein 3430 BB, The Netherlands
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Comprehensive Mass Spectrometry Workflows to Systematically Elucidate Transformation Processes of Organic Micropollutants: A Case Study on the Photodegradation of Four Pharmaceuticals.
Publication date :
14 February 2025
Journal title :
Environmental Science and Technology
ISSN :
0013-936X
eISSN :
1520-5851
Publisher :
American Chemical Society, United States
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
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