(i.e., nucleophilic aromatic substitution). A plot of the natural logarithm of atrazine concentration versus reaction time yielded a straight line, indicating of a pseudo-first-order reaction. The effect of substitution (Cl versus OCH3 and SCH3) on the reactivity of the nucleophilic substitution of azide was demonstrated by the stability of prometon (methoxy-triazine) and ametryn (methylthio-triazine) to the transformation. In prometon and ametryn, the electron-withdrawing Cl substituent has been replaced by weaker electron-withdrawing groups (OCH3 and SCH3, respectively). The latter substituents are probably less reactive as leaving groups and therefore these herbicides did not react with azide. The pH effect observed in our study (i.e., enhanced transformation at lower pH) might be related to the lower stability of atrazine to hydrolysis at acid pH ( Lei et al., 2001).