Chiral diniconazole is a widely used
triazole fungicide, while
its enantioselective behaviors in fruits have not been reported. In
this article, the absolute configuration was confirmed. A fast supercritical
fluid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SFC-MS/MS) method was
developed for the chiral separation and enantioselective study of
diniconazole in four kinds of fruits. The residual concentrations
gradually decreased with time in four kinds of fruits after applying
diniconazole. The dissipation half-lives of R-diniconazole
and S-diniconazole were in the range of 5.3–7.9
and 2.5–7.1 days respectively, and S-diniconazole
was degraded preferentially. The residue concentrations were lower
than the EU’s MRL (0.01 mg/kg) on the 40th (harvest time),
30th, and 10th day in pear, jujube, and apple, respectively. But,
in peach, residue concentrations were still higher than the MRL after
60 days and the ratio of R/S was 2.2. These results could be helpful
for the reasonable use and risk assessment of chiral diniconazole.