Research Article

Sorption of Sulfonamide Antibiotics to Soil Organic Sorbents: Batch Experiments with Model Compounds and Computational Chemistry

Table 1

Selected physical-chemical properties from the literature cited in [3], p 𝐾 a from [18], and molecular structures of the selected sulfonamides.

Compound CAS no. molecular weightElemental composition, structural formulaPhysicochemical properties

C6H8N2O2S
Sulfanilamide (SAA)
63-74-1
172.20 g mol−1
159189.tab.001a l o g 𝐾 o w −0.62
Sa 7500 mg L−1
p 𝑘 a , 1 1.94
p 𝑘 a , 2 10.67

C11H11N3O2S
Sulfapyridine (SPY)
144-83-2
249.29 g mol−1
159189.tab.001b l o g 𝐾 o w 0.35
S 268 mg L−1
p 𝑘 a , 1 2.72
p 𝑘 a , 2 8.40

C12H14N4O4S
Sulfadimethoxine (SDT)
122-11-2
310.33 g mol−1
159189.tab.001clog 𝐾 o w 1.63
S 343 mg L−1
p 𝑘 a , 1 2.12
p 𝑘 a , 2 7.28

aWater solubility at 25°C.