Direct aqueous injection liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry analysis of water for atrazine, simazine, and their chlorotriazine metabolites.
A method is reported for the determination of atrazine, simazine, and their respective dealkylated chlorotriazine metabolites in ground, surface, and finished drinking water. Water samples are diluted 1:4 in an injection vial prior to analysis using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS). The lower limit of method validation is 0.10 microg/L (ppb) for 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-isopropylamino)-s-triazine (atrazine, G-30027), 2-chloro-4, 6-(diethylamino)-s-triazine (simazine, G-27692), 2-amino-4-chloro-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine (deethylatrazine, DEA, or G-30033), 2-amino-4-chloro-6-(ethylamino)-s-triazine (deisopropylatrazine, DIA, or G-28279), and 2,4-diamino-6-chloro-s-triazine (didealkylatrazine, DDA, or G-28273). The overall mean procedural recoveries (and % relative standard deviations) for atrazine, simazine, DEA, DIA, and DDA are 98 (4.4), 102 (3.6), 99 (4.8), 103 (4.0), and 109% (4.8%), respectively, in finished drinking water; 108 (2.7), 104 (5.4), 113 (4.5), 111 (5.2), and 105% (5.3%), respectively, in groundwater; and 96 (6.9), 103 (4.2), 102 (4.4), 102 (5.2), and 102% (8.2%), respectively, in surface water. The method validation was conducted under U.S. EPA FIFRA Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines 40 CFR 160.
Huang
Sung-Ben
SB
Analytical Resources Group, Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, North Carolina 27419-8300, USA.
Mayer
Thomas J
TJ
Yokley
Robert A
RA
Perez
Rolando
R
D001280:Atrazine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012839:Simazine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D014227:Triazines / Q000378:metabolism*; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*
D014227:Triazines; D014867:Water; C060537:chlortriazine; D001280:Atrazine; D012839:Simazine