title: Determination of chlorophenols by solid-phase microextraction and liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.
abstract: A solid-phase microextraction method has been developed for the determination of 19 chlorophenols (CPs) in environmental samples. The analytical procedure involves direct sampling of CPs from water using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and determination by liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (LC-ED). Three kinds of fibre [50 microm carbowax-templated resin (CW-TPR), 60 microm polydimethylsiloxane-divinylbenzene (PDMS-DVB) and 85 microm polyacrylate (PA)] were evaluated for the analysis of CPs. Of these fibres, CW-TPR is the most suitable for the determination of CPs in water. Optimal conditions for both desorption and absorption SPME processes, such as composition of the desorption solvent (water-acetonitrile-methanol, 20:30:50) and desorption time (5 min), extraction time (50 min) and temperature (40 degrees C) as well as pH (3.5) and ionic strength (6 g NaCl) were established. The precision of the SPME-LC-ED method gave relative standard deviations (RSDs) of between 4 and 11%. The method was linear over three to four orders of magnitude and the detection limits, from 3 to 8 ng l(-1), were lower than the European Community legislation limits for drinking water. The method was applied to the analysis of CPs in drinking water and wood samples.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Analítica, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sarrión
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Galceran
mesh_terms: D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000032:analysis*; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols