title: A multiresidue method for the analysis of phenols and nitrophenols in the atmosphere.
abstract: A method using GC-MS and derivatization with N-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)-N-methyltrifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA) was developed for the analysis of 20 phenolic compounds in atmospheric samples (gas and particles). Air sampling was carried out using a Hi-Vol sampler with glass fibre filter and XAD-2 resin at a flow rate of 60 m(3) h(-1). The particle and gas phases were collected separately over a period of 4 h. Samples were Soxhlet extracted, evaporated to dryness under nitrogen and refilled with acetonitrile. 100 microl of these extracts were derivatized with 100 microl of MTBSTFA at 80 degrees C for 1 h under strong stirring. Phenolic compounds were injected into a GC-MS in splitless mode and quantified as their TBDMS derivatives in the SIM mode. Mass spectral analysis of the derivatives of the 20 compounds studied indicates that the spectra are highly specific showing an ion at [M - 57]+ which is useful for structure confirmation or analysis at low levels using selected ion monitoring. Quantification limits varied between 5 microg l(-1) and 10 microg l(-1) which correspond to 20 pg m(-3) and 40 pg m(-3) for 250 m(3) of air sampled. This method was successfully applied to atmospheric samples.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Geochimie de la Surface, UMR 7517 CNRS, Universite Louis Pasteur, Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphere, 1 rue Blessig, F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morville
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scheyer
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mirabel
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Millet
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D001272:Atmosphere / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005463:Fluoroacetates; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000393:Air Pollutants; D005463:Fluoroacetates; D009596:Nitrophenols; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds; D010636:Phenols; C009660:t-butyldimethylsilyl compounds; C059151:N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide