Analysis of low-molecular mass aldehydes in drinking waters through capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection.
The potential of CZE with LIF detection in the separation and determination of low-molecular mass aldehydes involving precolumn derivatization with fluorescein 5-thiosemicarbazide was investigated. Different variables that affect derivatization (pH, fluorescein 5-thiosemicarbazide concentration, time and temperature) and separation (pH and concentration of the BGE, kind and concentration of surfactants at levels higher and lower than CMC, and applied voltage) were studied. The separation was conducted within 16 min by using borate buffer (60 mM; pH 10) with 10 microM polyethylene glycol tert-octylphenyl ether as modifier. Good linearity relationships (correlation coefficients ranged from 0.9978 to 0.9994 for aldehydes) were obtained between the peak areas and concentration of the analytes (0.5-100 microg/L). The LODs for aldehydes were achieved at submicrogram-per-liter level (0.15-0.35 microg/L), which indicated that the proposed method surpassed other electrophoretic alternatives in terms of LOD, in many cases even at ca. 1000-fold. The inter-day precision (RSD, %) of the aldehydes ranged from 5.2 to 8.3%. Finally, the method was successfully applied to bottled drinking-water samples, and the aldehydes were readily detected at 0.6-4.4 microg/L levels with average recoveries ranging from 99.1 to 103.5%.
Baños
Clara Eugenia
CE
Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain.
Silva
Manuel
M
D000447:Aldehydes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D005452:Fluoresceins / Q000737:chemistry; D005504:Food Analysis; D016014:Linear Models; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D000447:Aldehydes; D005452:Fluoresceins; D014867:Water; C027912:fluorescein thiosemicarbazide