One-step extraction and derivatization liquid-phase microextraction for the determination of chlorophenols by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Xiaowei Wang, Lijuan Luo, Gangfeng Ouyang, Li Lin, Nora F.Y. Tam, Chongyu Lan, Tiangang Luan

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Abstract

A sample pretreatment method for the determination of 18 chlorophenols (CPs) in aqueous samples by derivatization liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) was investigated using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Derivatization reagent was spiked into the extraction solvent to combine derivatization and extraction into one step. High sensitivity of 18 CPs derivatives could be achieved after optimization of several parameters such as extraction solvent, percentage of derivatization reagent, extraction time, pH, and ionic strength. The results from the optimal method showed that calibration ranging from 0.5 to 500 μg L-1 could be achieved with the RSDs between 1.75% and 9.39%, and the limits of detection (LOD) are ranging from 0.01 to 0.12 μg L-1 for the CPs. Moreover, the proposed LPME method was compared with solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with on-fiber derivatization technique. The results suggested that using both methods are quite agreeable. Furthermore, the recoveries of LPME evaluated by spiked environmental samples ranged from 87.9% (3,5-DCP) to 114.7% (2,3,5,6-TeCP), and environmental water samples collected from the Pearl River were analyzed with the optimized LPME method, the concentrations of 18 CPs ranged from 0.0237 μg L-1 (3,5-DCP) to 0.3623 μg L-1 (2,3,6-TCP).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6267-6273
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Chromatography A
Volume1216
Issue number35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Aug 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chlorophenols
  • Derivatization
  • Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
  • Liquid-phase microextraction

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