title: The determination of six taste and odour compounds in water using Ambersorb 572 and high resolution mass spectrometry.
abstract: A method for the analysis of six taste and odour causing compounds in aqueous samples using the granular adsorbent, Ambersorb 572, and gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) has been developed. This method for the determination of geosmin, 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB), 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (IPMP), 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (IBMP), 2,3,6-trichloroanisole (236-TCA) and 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (246-TCA) is highly productive [up to 40 samples per day + 23 quality control (QC) samples] and provides rapid (24-48 h) turnaround times. The analytes are extracted from water by the addition of Ambersorb 572 to the sample bottle and rolling for 1 h. The adsorbent is isolated by filtration and allowed to air dry for 1 h. The Ambersorb 572 is transferred to an autosampler vial and the analytes are desorbed into dichloromethane. The extract is analysed by GC-HRMS at 7000 resolving power (RP). Quantification is performed by isotope dilution and internal standard techniques utilizing d3-geosmin, d3-2-MIB, d5-246-TCA and 2-sec-butyl-3-methoxypyrazine (s-BMP). Method precisions of 3.5-5.8% and accuracies of +/- 5.7-8.9% were obtained. Reporting detection limits (RDLs) of 1.0 ng L-1 were obtained for 2-MIB, geosmin, IPMP and IBMP, while RDLs of 2.0 ng L-1 were obtained for 236-TCA and 246-TCA.
authors.affiliation: Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General, Centre of Forensic Sciences, 25 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M7A 2G8.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Palmentier
authors.forename: V Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Taguchi
mesh_terms: D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009812:Odorants; D012722:Sewage; D013649:Taste; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical