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Potential Transformations of Dissolved Organic Substances and Their Complexes with Metals in Surface Waters under Solar Radiation

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The article summarizes the results of studies on the molecular weight distribution of humic substances and carbohydrates as the most widespread groups of natural organic compounds in surface waters. The research works have been carried out on different types of water bodies (the upper part of the Kanev Reservoir, the Yuzhnyy Bug, the Desna, the Ros’, the Seret, and the Gornyi Tikich rivers, and small water bodies of urbanized territories, in particular, the upper Kitaevskii and Orekhovatskii ponds, the Kiev city). The exclusive chromatography method has been applied to separate the indicated substances into fractions with different molecular weights. It is shown that the transformation of humic substances and the increase in the mass fraction of compounds with a lower molecular weight (≤ 5 and < 1 kDa) takes place in the spring and summer period as a result of direct photolysis under the action of solar radiation. It is most probable that such a transformation of carbohydrates occurs due to the increase in the water temperature and energization of the microbiological activity. However, in summer, the mass fraction of carbohydrates with a lower molecular weight, in particular < 1 kDa, has been low, which is explained by their assimilation by aquatic organisms. At the same time, photochemical degradation of carbohydrates with the participation of humic substances as photosensitizers cannot be excluded. These transformations of both humic substances and carbohydrates affect the ratio of complex metal compounds with these natural organic ligands, with different molecular weights. In the spring and summer period, there is an increase in the share of complexes with a relatively low molecular weight (≤ 5 kDa), which has been established on the example of iron and copper. Thus, the transformations of natural organic compounds in surface waters can affect not only their potential bioavailability but also the bioavailability of metals.

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  1. The separation of DOM into groups and fractions, using the ion exchange and gel chromatography methods, was performed by Ya.S. Ivanechko.

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Linnik, P.N., Zhezherya, V.A. & Linnik, R.P. Potential Transformations of Dissolved Organic Substances and Their Complexes with Metals in Surface Waters under Solar Radiation. Russ J Gen Chem 91, 2931–2942 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070363221130223

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