title: A method for the analysis of butyltin chlorides in air by gas chromatography with atomic emission detection.
abstract: An initial screening test compared the use of tropolone (2-hydroxy-2,4-6-cycloheptatrienone) in acetic acid with sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (NaDDC) as chelating agents for the extraction of butyltin chlorides from glass fiber filters and XAD-2 resin tube. NaDDC was chosen for subsequent analyses. Mono-, di-, and tributyltin chloride were spiked onto glass fiber filters and XAD-2 resin, extracted in toluene with NaDDC and derivatized with pentylmagnesium bromide. Derivatized butyltin species were determined by gas chromatography with plasma atomic emission detection. Glass fiber filters and XAD-2 resin were found to provide high retention of butyltin compounds during sampling and efficient recovery of butyltin compounds by extraction with NaDDC.
authors.affiliation: Occupational and Environmental Health Laboratory, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Maguire
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis*; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D004050:Ditiocarb / Q000737:chemistry; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D009947:Organotin Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D014334:Tropolone / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D002614:Chelating Agents; D009947:Organotin Compounds; D014220:Trialkyltin Compounds; C056189:di-n-butyltin; C011559:tributyltin; D014334:Tropolone; D004050:Ditiocarb; C048581:monotributyltin trichloride