Supporting information
Table S1.
List of 37 suspected transformation products of BPA selected from literature including the proposed molecular structures, the applied degradation method, analytical method employed and the relative references.
Compound / Proposed structure / Molecular formula / Accurate molecular mass / [M-H]-(m/z) / Degradation
method / Analytical method / Reference
Bisphenol A / / C15H16O2 / 228.1150 / 227.1077
1 / / C15H16O5 / 276.0998 / 275.0925 / Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2,3]
2 / / C15H16O4 / 260.1049 / 259.0976 / Electrochemically generated Fenton’s reagent (EF) / LC-MS / [4]
3 / / C15H16O4 / 260.1049 / 259.0976 / Photodegradation / RP-HPLC
LC-MS / [5]
4
(TP1) / / C15H16O3 / 244.1099 / 243.1027 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [3]
Photodegradation / RP-HPLC
LC-MS / [5]
5
(TP1) / / C15H16O3 / 244.1099 / 243.1027 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
6 / / C15H14O3 / 242.0943 / 241.0870 / Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2][3]
Photodegradation / RP-HPLC
LC-MS / [5]
7 / / C13H14O4 / 234.0892 / 233.0819 / Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [3]
Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
8 / / C13H10O3 / 214.0630 / 213.0557 / Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
9 / / C14H18O / 202.1358 / 201.1285 / Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
10 / / C12H14O2 / 190.0994 / 189.0921 / Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2]
11 / / C9H10O4 / 182.0579 / 181.0506 / Photodegradation / RP-HPLC
LC-MS / [5]
12 / / C9H12O3 / 168.0786 / 167.0714 / Photodegradation / RP-HPLC
LC-MS / [5]
13
(TP3) / / C8H8O4 / 168.0423 / 167.0350 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
14 / / C8H18O3 / 162.1256 / 161.1183 / Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
15 / / C9H12O2 / 152.0837 / 151.0764 / Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2,3]
Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
Electrocatalytic
Ti-PbO2-ionic liquids / LC-MS / [8]
16 / / C9H12O2 / 152.0837 / 151.0764 / Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
17 / / C9H10O2 / 150.0681 / 149.0608 / Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
18 / / C9H12O / 136.0888 / 135.0815 / Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
Electrocatalytic
Ti-PbO2-ionic liquids / LC-MS / [8]
19 / / C9H10O / 134.0732 / 133.0659 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
20 / / C4H6O6 / 150.0164 / 149.0092 / Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
21
(TP5) / / C7H8O3 / 140.0473 / 139.0401 / Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
22 / / C7H6O3 / 138.0317 / 137.0244 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2]
23 / / C8H8O2 / 136.0524 / 135.0451 / Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
24 / / C9H10O / 134.0732 / 133.0659 / Electrocatalytic
Ti-PbO2-ionic liquids / LC-MS / [8]
Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
25 / / C9H10O / 134.0732 / 133.0659 / Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
26 / / C7H14O2 / 130.0994 / 129.0921 / Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
27 / / C6H6O3 / 126.0317 / 125.0244 / Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2]
28
(TP6) / / C4H4O4 / 116.0110 / 115.0037 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
/ Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
29 / / C6H6O2 / 110.0368 / 109.0295 / Photo- Fenton-like / GC-MS / [1]
EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [3]
Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2]
Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
30 / / C6H4O2 / 108.0211 / 107.0138 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [3]
Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
Electrocatalytic
Ti-PbO2-ionic liquids / LC-MS / [8]
31 / / C6H6O / 94.0419 / 93.0346 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
Photo-Fenton / GC-MS / [7]
Electrocatalytic
Ti-PbO2-ionic liquids / LC-MS / [8]
32 / / C5H6O2 / 98.0368 / 97.0295 / Electrocatalytic
Ti-PbO2-ionic liquids / LC-MS / [8]
33 / / C4H4O3 / 100.0160 / 99.0088 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
34 / / C3H4O4 / 104.0110 / 103.0037 / Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2]
35 / / C2H2O4 / 89.9953 / 88.9880 / Ozonation / LC-MS
RP-HPLC / [2]
36 / / C2H4O2 / 60.0211 / 59.0138 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
Electrochemical / RP-HPLC / [6]
37 / / CH2O2 / 46.0055 / 44.9982 / EF / RP-HPLC
LC-MS
GC-MS / [4]
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