Determination of triazines and amides in water using solid phase microextraction coupled with GC-MS

Summary Solid phase microextraction was coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS) to screen for sixteen nitrogen-containing compounds, including herbicides, in water samples. The effects of stirring, extraction time, pH, salt concentration and the choice of fiber coating material were evaluated. The repeatability was in the range of 0.72–18.2 (CV % at 200 ng·L⁻¹) and the reproducibility, in the range of 5.4–34 (at 500 ng·L⁻¹).     

Simultaneous determination of pentachlorophenol and carbaryl in water

Summary A rapid method for the simultaneous determination of pentachlorophenol (PCP) and Carbaryl in water is described. A 1 liter water sample is extracted with hexane after acidification with concentrated H₂SO₄. After evaporation to a small volume, the extract is analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, operating in the selected ion monitoring mode. Estimated detection limits are 0.08 g L^–1 for PCP and 0.11 g L^–1 for Carbaryl, with recoveries of 96% for PCP and 97% for Carbaryl.     

Identification and determination of (+)-sesamin in Semen Cuscutae by capillary GC and GC-MS

(+)-Sesamin has been found to have pharmacological effect which can improve activity, prevent aging and has the effect of antihypertension 1-2. Figure 1 shows its chemical structure. (+)-Sesamin has been known to be abundant in sesame originally, but our previous study shows that (+)-sesamin also presents in a Chinese herbal medicine Semen Cuscutae3-4. Gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) have been applied for the determination and identification of (+…     

Isotope dilution GC-MS routine method for the determination of butyltin compounds in water

A standard GC-MS instrument with electron impact ionisation has been used to develop a fast, simple and reliable method for the simultaneous determination of monobutyltin (MBT), dibutyltin (DBT) and tributyltin (TBT) in water samples. Isotope dilution analysis (IDA) is used for the determination of species, taking advantage of a commercially available spike solution containing a mixture of MBT, DBT and TBT enriched in ¹¹⁹Sn. Method detection limits for 100-mL samples were between 0.18 and 0.25 ng L⁻¹ for the three butyltin compounds with typical RSD between 2 and 4% at levels between 100 and 10 ng L⁻¹, respectively. Recovery of tin species in spiked samples (natural water, wastewater and seawater) was quantitative. The stability of butyltin compounds in collected seawater samples was also studied. The addition of a 1% (v/v) glacial acetic acid preserved tin species in the samples for at least 5 days at room temperature. The IDA method was finally implemented in a routine testing laboratory and it was subsequently accredited by the Spanish National Accreditation Body according to the requirements of UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025.     

GC-MS法快速测定茶叶中脂肪酸

建立了气相色谱-质谱联用技术(GC-MS)快速分析茶叶脂肪酸的新方法.对23批茶叶样品进行GC-MS分析,结合NIST 05谱库检索鉴定茶叶脂肪酸种类,并用峰面积归一化法测定其相对含量,比较不同加工方式的茶叶脂肪酸含量.结果表明,所有茶样中亚麻酸、亚油酸和棕榈酸含量最高,但绿茶和青茶脂肪酸含量高于发酵处理的红茶和黑茶.方法可以用于分析各种茶叶的脂肪酸,反映不同种类茶叶的性质差异.     

Continuous-flow microextraction and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds in water

A new method of the determination polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water samples was developed by continuous-flow microextraction (CFME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In this experiment, 15 mL sample solution with no salt-added was flowed at the rate of 1.0 mL min⁻¹ through 3 μL benzene as extraction solvent. Under the optimal extraction conditions, the developed method was found to yield a linear calibration curve in the concentration range from 0.05 to 15 ng mL⁻¹. Furthermore, the accuracy and repeatability of the method were good by calculating from water samples spiked at known concentrations of PAHs, and the recovery of optimal method was satisfactory. The results showed that CFME was an efficient preconcentration method for extraction of PAHs from spiked water samples.     

GC/MS同时检测人体液中8种酰胺结构的精神类药物

建立了同时检测人体液样品中8种常见的具有酰胺结构的精神类药物的气相色谱-质谱新方法.通过对提取溶剂,pH,超声时间等样品预处理条件及色谱条件等考察和优化,运用质谱全扫描(SCAN)同时对尼可刹米,利多卡因,苯巴比妥,异丙嗪,卡马西平,地西泮,氯丙嗪,氯氮平这8种常见的精神类药物进行检测.在选定的条件下,尼可刹米等5种药物在0.10～25.0 mg/L范围内线性关系良好,异丙嗪等3种药物在0.50～25.0 mg/L范围内线性关系良好,方法回收率77%～97%之间,RSD小于10%,检出限为5～40 μg/kg.与文献报道的检测方法比较,在灵敏度提高的前提下,分析时间缩短.同时,用色谱保留时间与质谱同时定性,消除血液中其他成分的干扰,结果准确,选择性和重复性好,可用于临床中中毒样品的检测分析.     

Solid-phase extraction and determination of trace aroma and flavour components in cider by GC-MS

Summary Minor volatile compounds are responsible for the aromas of cider. A simple technique for the analysis of these components is described based on solid-liquid phase extraction followed by quantitation by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The method is quantitative for analysis of alcohols, esters, lactones, phenols, and medium and long chain-length fatty acid.     

气相色谱-质谱法同时筛检人血液中26种常见毒药物

建立了气相色谱-质谱法(GC-MS)同时快速筛检人血液中26种常见毒药物的新方法.通过对样品前处理方法的摸索及GC-MS分析条件的优化,采用磷酸盐缓冲液(pH 3.5)稀释血样后,乙醚萃取,分段选择离子监测(SIM)法鉴定,并用提取离子进一步验证,可以同时检测甲胺磷、毒鼠强、地西泮、尼可刹米、利多卡因、苯巴比妥、阿托品等7大类共26种常见毒药物,回收率大部分达80%～90%,检测限为0.01 mg/L.本法用色谱保留时间、质谱特征离子同时定性,消除了血液中复杂基体的干扰,适用于中毒患者血液的应急检测.     

Simultaneous GC-MS quantitation of acids and sugars in the hydrolyzates of immunostimulant, water-soluble polysaccharides of basidiomycetes

Summary The simultaneous quantitation of acids and sugars as their trimethyl silyl (TMS) derivatives has been extended in order to identify and quantitate the simple acid and sugar constituents in the hydrolyzates of various immunostimulant, water-soluble polysaccharides obtained from various Basidiomycetes, such as Armillariella mellea, Auricularia auricula-judae, Coriolus versicolor, Flammulina velutipes, Fomes fomentarius, Ganoderma applanatum, Ganoderma lucidum, Pleurotus ostreatus, Schizophyllum commune, Trametes hirsuta. Optimum hydrolysis conditions, performed with 2 M trifluoroacetic acid (TFAA) for five hrs, proved the presence of several sugars and acids with maximum recovery. (i) the total sugar/sugar alcohol content of polysaccharides varied between 20- and 65% and consisted of arabitol (0.01–10.2%), arabinose (0.09–1.3%), ribose (0.2–1.8%), fucose (0.3–1.2%), mannitol (0.01–5.3%), sorbitol (0.01–0.05%), galactiol (0.04%), fructose (0.08–0.8%), galactose (0.9–29%), glucose (10–53%), uronic acids (0.14–3.7%), sucrose (0.03–2%), trehalose (0.2–1%), cellobiose (0.01–0.6%), maltose (0.2–1.9%), other disaccharides (0.2–8%). (ii) The total of acids varied from 1.5 to 30% including o-phosphoric (1.3–19%), malic (0.08–4.7%), citric (0.08–4.7%), isocitric; (3%) and C₁₆−C₁₈ fatty acids (1–6%).     

Simultaneous extraction and determination of various pesticides in environmental waters

A simple and rapid method was developed for the simultaneous analysis of nine different pesticides in water samples by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry. A number of parameters that may affect the recovery of pesticides, such as the type of solid‐phase extraction cartridge, eluting solvent in single or combination and their volumes, and water pH value were investigated. It showed that three solid‐phase extraction cartridges (Strata‐X, Oasis HLB, and ENVI‐18) produced the greatest recovery while ethyl acetate/dichloromethane/acetone (45:10:45, 12 mL) followed by dichloromethane (6 mL) was efficient in eluting target pesticides from solid‐phase extraction cartridges. Different water pH values (4–9) did not show a significant effect on the pesticides recovery. The optimized method was verified by performing spiking experiments with a series of concentrations (0.002–10 μg/L) in waters, with good linearity, recovery, and reproducibility for most compounds. The limit of detection and limit of quantification of this optimized method were 0.01–2.01 and 0.02–6.71 ng/L, respectively, much lower than the European Union environmental quality standard for the pesticides (0.1 μg/L) in waters. The proposed method was further validated by participation in an interlaboratory trial. It was then subsequently applied to river waters from north‐east Scotland, UK, for the determination of the target pesticides.     

Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the determination of nitro musks in surface water and wastewater samples

A new, simple, fast and high sensitive analytical method based on dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for the simultaneous determination of nitro musks in surface water and wastewater samples is presented. Different parameters, such as the nature and volume of both the extraction and disperser solvents and the ionic strength and pH of the aqueous donor phase, were optimized. Under the selected conditions (injection of a mixture of 1 mL of acetone as disperser solvent and 50 μL of chloroform as extraction solvent, no salt addition and no pH adjustment) the figures of merit of the proposed DLLME-GC-MS method were evaluated. High enrichment factors, ranging between 230 and 314 depending on the target analyte, were achieved, which redound to limits of detection in the ng L⁻¹ range (i.e., 4-33 ng L⁻¹). The relative standard deviation (RSD) was below 5% for all the target analytes. Finally, the recoveries obtained for different water samples of diverse origin (sea, river, irrigation channel and water treatment plant) ranged between 87 and 116%, thus showing no matrix effects.     

Gas chromatographic determination of chlorothalonil and its metabolite 4-hydroxy-2,5,6-trichloroisophtalonitrile (HTI) in water

Summary A gas chromatographic method, with electron capture detection and mass spectrometric confirmation, is described for the determination of chlorothalonil and its metabolite 4-hydroxy-2,5,6-trichloroisophtalonitrile (HTI) in water samples. Water is saturated with sodium chloride and acidified to pH<2 with dilute sulfuric acid. After extraction with dichloromethane, HTI was methylated with diazomethane. The extract obtained was cleaned with basic alumina. Chlorothalonil and the methylated HTI-derivative were determined by gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) and confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The limit of detection, depending on the nature of the water samples is for both compounds between 0.01–0.03 g 1^–1 water. The average recovery in ground water is 87% for chlorothalonil and 82 % for HTI.     

Study of volatile aroma components in young Tokaji Aszu wines by GC-MS

Summary “Tokaji Aszu”. is the most famous Hungarian wine type with a very delicious, unique aroma. Tokaji Aszu wines are produced from noble rotten grapes by a special vinification technology. In the last few years certain wineries have made an effort to introduce some changes into this traditional process. The present work examines the effect of different vinification technologies on some aroma components in one year old Aszu wines. The volatile aroma components were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using a Supelcowax 10 60m×0.32 mm capillary column. Wine samples were extracted with Freon 11 prior to the analysis. The chromatograms contained 150–190 peaks. About 40 aroma components were used for comparison of the wines. The results show some limited changes in the aroma composition of the wines due to vinification technological changes. Higher levels of several hydroxy-, oxo-, dicarboxylic acid esters and lactones were found in Aszu wines produced in the traditional way. Attempts have been made to compare instrumental data to sensory properties of the wines. Presented at Balaton Symposium on High Performance Separation Methods, Siófok, Hungary, September 1–3, 1999     

Formation of halogenated by-products of parabens in chlorinated water

Chemical transformations of four alkyl esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, parabens, in chlorinated water samples are investigated. Quantification of the parent species and identification of their reaction by-products were performed using gas chromatography in combination with mass spectrometry. Experiments were accomplished considering free chlorine and paraben concentrations at the mg L⁻¹ and μg L⁻¹ level, respectively. Concentration of water samples, using solid-phase extraction, and silylation of the target species were carried out in order to improve the detectability of parent species and their possible transformation products, achieving quantification limits at the low ng L⁻¹ level. Under employed experimental conditions, the decrease in the concentrations of parabens followed pseudo-first-order kinetics. Half-lives values obtained for model ultrapure water solutions were in good agreement with those observed in tap water samples. For the first type of sample, only two by-products were detected for each paraben. They corresponded to chlorination of the aromatic ring in one or two carbons situated in ortho-positions to the hydroxyl group. Both species were also generated after the addition of parabens to chlorinated tap water. Moreover, three new transformation products were noticed for each parent compound. They were identified as bromo- and bromochloro-parabens, formed due to the existence of traces of bromide in tap water sources. Experiments carried out by mixing paraben-containing personal care products with tap water, containing free chlorine, confirmed the formation of all above described halogenated by-products. In addition, the presence of the di-chlorinated forms of methyl and propyl paraben has been detected for first time in raw sewage water samples.     

液液萃取-气相色谱/质谱法同时测定水样中3种三烷基硫代磷酸酯类化合物

本文建立了液液萃取-气相色谱/质谱同时测定水中O,O,S-三甲基硫代磷酸酯(TMPT)、O,O,S-三甲基二硫代磷酸酯(TMDTP)和O,O,O-三乙基硫代磷酸酯(TETP)3种三烷基硫代磷酸酯类化合物的分析方法。采用电子轰击(EI)-选择离子模式(SIM)进行定性与定量分析。考察了萃取剂种类、pH值以及盐度对萃取效率的影响。在优化的实验条件下,3种目标化合物的线性范围在0.01~2.0μg/mL之间,检出限(S/N=3)为0.26~1.1ng/L,定量限(S/N=10)为0.87~3.7ng/L。以该方法测定自来水、池塘水和湖水样品,3种目标化合物均未检出,不同加标水平(0.05、0.25和1.0μg/L)回收率在85.7%~104.2%之间,相对标准偏差在1.5%~12.2%之间。     

气相色谱-质谱法测定包装材料中全氟辛酸及其盐类

快速溶剂萃取法萃取包装材料中的全氟辛酸(PFOA)及其盐类, 萃取液与乙酰化试剂反应后, 以全氟癸酸甲酯为内标物, 用内标法进行定量测定. 气相色谱质谱条件为: HP-Innowax毛细柱;柱温: 50 ℃ (5 min)30 ℃/min→240 ℃ (5 min);不分流进样;接口温度: 280 ℃;载气: 氦气, 0.8 mL/min;进样量: 1 μL;负化学源;反应气: 甲烷, 20%;选择离子扫描方式. 方法的线性范围1.0～105 μg/L, 线性相关系数r=0.999, 检出限0.1 μg/L, 不同浓度的PFOA的相对标准偏差分别为4.1%和3.2%, 回收率在87%～109%之间.     

GC-MS characterization and quantification of sterols and cholesterol oxidation products

Summary A GC-MS method has been studied for characterization and quantification of phytosterols, cholesterol and cholesterol oxidation products. Baseline separations have been achieved between cholesterol, cholesterol 5-6-epoxide, 5-cholestene-3-ol-7one (7-keto-cholesterol), cholestene-3-5-6-triol, 5-cholestene-3-25-diol (25-hydroxycholesterol), 5-cholestene-3-20-diol (20-hydroxycholesterol), 5-cholestene-3-7-diol (7-hydroxycholesterol) and 5-cholestene-3-19-diol (19-hydroxycholesterol) as well as between -cholestane, cholesterol, stigmasterol, campesterol and -sitosterol. Excellent linearity of response has been obtained permitting reliable quantification. The characterization of each derivatized sterol has been performed by mass-spectrometry. The results confirm the utility of combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the analysis and characterization of sterols and cholesterol oxidation products.     

Analytical Method Development for the Simultaneous Determination of Five Human Pharmaceuticals in Water and Wastewater Samples by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Summary Effective analytical methods for the simultaneous determination of five pharmaceuticals from various therapeutic classes in a variety of aqueous samples have been developed and method performance data are presented. The method involves the simultaneous extraction of the selected pharmaceuticals from the aqueous phase by solid phase extraction using a hyper cross linked, polystyrene-divinylbenzene polymer based sorbent. Analytes were eluted with methanol, derivatised with N-methyl-N-trimethylsilyltrifloroacetamide and analysed by gas chromatography – electron ionisation mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS). Recoveries of 50 to 98% were established for waters spiked with the studied compounds at the low ng L^–1 level with the highest detection sensitivities being achieved in the selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode and the quantification limit of the procedure for sample sizes of 1000 ml was approximately 5 ng L^–1 for all matrices except sewage which was only tested to 20 ng L^–1. Analysis of domestic sewage from a large treatment works demonstrate the presence of all five compounds in both influents and effluents.