Direct methylation at the surface of Carbopack B Part II: Determination of phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicides

The determination of phenoxyalkanoic acids in different types of water within the limits of the European drinking water guideline is described. Most of these acids are used world-wide as herbicides and growth regulators. Compounds having an acidic hydrogen in their structure are very strongly adsorbed on Carbopack B, a special graphitized carbon black. This effect was used for the transformation of analytes to methyl esters directly on the surface of the adsorbent, using trimethylsulfonium hydroxide (TMSH) as derivatization reagent. After elution with ethyl acetate the derivatives were identified and quantified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The interaction between analyte and adsorbent and the yields of the derivatization step are influenced by the length of the alkanoic chain. Received: 21 June 1999 / Revised: 23 August 1999 / Accepted: 24 August 1999     

Rapid and sensitive determination of phenylurea herbicides in water in the presence of their anilines by extraction with a Carbopack cartridge followed by liquid chromatography

A rapid and sensitive method for determining phenylurea herbicides in environmental aqueous samples in the presence of their anilines is described. The water sample is preconcentrated by passage at a flow-rate of ca. 150 ml/min through a 250-mg graphitized carbon black (Carbopack B) cartridge. After washing with 0.6 ml of methanol, the Carbopack B trap is connected with a cartridge containing a strong cation exchanger. Organics trapped by the Carbopack cartridge are eluted by passage of 6 ml of methylene chloride-methanol (95:5, v/v). Anilines and other basic compounds are quantitatively subtracted from the solvent system while flowing through the cation-exchange cartridge. After evaporation and redissolution, the sample is subjected to reversed-phase gradient elution high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection at 250 nm. Recoveries of phenylureas added to water at levels between 30 and 3000 ng/l were higher than 92%. The limit of detection was about 1 ng/l, for a 2-1 sample. With respect to an octadecyl (C18)-bonded silica cartridge, the Carbopack B cartridge had a far better extraction efficiency for polar phenylureas.     

Immunoaffinity-based extraction of phenylurea herbicides using mixed antibodies against isoproturon and chlortoluron

Summary The analysis of several phenylurea herbicides in different waters is described using an immunoaffinity column clean-up and determination by high performance liquid chromatography. The pesticides were selectively retained on a solid phase extraction column containing antibodies to chlortoluron and to isoproturon immobilised onto silica. Selected phenylureas were eluted using a simple phosphate buffered saline/ethanol mixture at low pH. The immunoaffinity approach gave extracts free of interfering substances and allowed detection limits comparable to those required for pesticides in water in the European Community. The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of chlortoluron, isoproturon, linuron and chlorbromuron in tap and river water. Presented at the 21^st ISC held in Stuttgart, Germany, 15^th–20^th September, 1996     

多壁碳纳米管作为气相色谱固定相的性能研究

将甲烷催化裂解法生产的经过纯化的多壁碳纳米管(PMWCNTs)、活性炭、石墨 化碳黑(Carbopack B)分别填装成气相色谱填充柱,比较它们分离烷烃、芳香烃、 卤代烃、醇、酮、醚、酯类的性能。分别在PMWCNTs和Carbopack B上涂清5%(w/w) 的Carbowax 20M,填装成气相色谱填充柱后,比较它们分离醇、酮、醚、酯、有机 酸类的性能。结果表明,PMWCNTs是一种性能优异的气相色谱固定相。与相同比表 面积的Carbopack B石墨化碳黑相比较,它有更强的保留能力,适合于分析沸点相 对较低的化合物;具有更均匀的表面,表现为极性化合物亦可得到对称的峰形;理 论塔板数较小。此外,和Carbopack B一样,PMWCNTs涂清5% (w/w) Carbowax 20M 后可用来分离极性化合物,甚至是强极性的小分子有机酸。     

Evaluation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes as gas chromatographic column packing

Purified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (PMWCNTs), activated charcoal and graphitized carbon black (Carbopack B) were used as column packing materials to compare their separation ability and other gas chromatographic behavior for aromatic hydrocarbons, alkanes, halogenated hydrocarbons, alcohols, ketones, esters, and ethers. The results show that PMWCNTs can be an excellent gas chromatographic packing material. Compared to Carbopack B with the same surface area, PMWCNTs had a stronger retention ability, a more homogenous surface and smaller theoretical plate numbers. Polar compounds can present symmetric peaks on PMWCNTs. PMWCNTs were found to be an interesting alternative adsorbent to activated charcoal and Carbopack B as gas chromatographic column packing material for volatile compounds, especially those with relatively low boiling points.     

Development of a method based on accelerated solvent extraction and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for determination of arylphenoxypropionic herbicides in soil

A sensitive and specific analytical procedure for determining arylphenoxypropionic herbicides in soil samples, using Ionspray ionization (ISI) liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), is presented. Arylphenoxypropionic acids are a new class of herbicides used for selective removal of most grass species from any non-grass crop, commercialized as herbicide esters. Previous studies have shown that the esters undergo fast hydrolysis in the presence of vegetable tissues and soil bacteria, yelding the corresponding free acid. The feasibility of rapidly extracting arylphenoxypropionic herbicides from soil by accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) techniques was evaluated. Four different soil samples were fortified with target compounds at levels of 5 and 20 ng/g by following a procedure able to mimic weathered soils. Herbicides were extracted by a methanol/water (80:20 v/v) solution (0.12 M) of NaCl at 90 degrees C. After clean-up using graphitized carbon black (GCB) as absorbent, the extract was analyzed by HPLC/ISI-MS. The effect of concentration of acid in the mobile phase on the response of ISI-MS was investigated. The effects of varying the orifice plate voltage on the production of diagnostic fragment ions, and on the response of the MS detector, were also investigated. The ISI-MS response was linearly related to the amounts of analytes injected between 1 and 200 ng. The limit of detection (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) of the method for the pesticides in soil samples was estimated to be less than 1 ng/g.     

New monitoring system for ninety pesticides and related compounds in river water by solid-phase extraction with determination by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

A new monitoring system was established for the determination of 90 pesticides and 10 pesticide degradation products in river water. The pesticides consisted of 18 fungicides, 30 insecticides, and 42 herbicides. The pesticides were extracted with a solid-phase, styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer, eluted with acetone, hexane, and ethyl acetate, and determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Overall recoveries ranged from 72 to 118%. The limits of detection were 0.01-0.1 microgram/L. This system determines most of the pesticides used in Japan and was successfully applied to practical monitoring of water polluted with pesticides and related compounds.     

Determination of zinc O,O′-dialkyl dithiophosphate lubricant additives via the corresponding methyl and p-nitrobenzylic ester derivatives using GC-MS, GC-NPD and HPLC-MS

 A quantitative fingerprinting of automotive lubricants with respect to zinc dialkyl dithiophosphates (ZDP), major anti-wear/antioxidant additives, is presented. ZDPs in lubricant solutions are converted into the corresponding methyl and p-nitrobenzylic esters, respectively. After removal of the lubricant matrix the methyl esters are submitted to gas chromatography (GC). Mass spectrometric detection (MS) and comparison with reference methyl esters enable the characterisation of practical ZDP mixtures with respect to alkyl chain length and isomery of the single components. Overall recovery rates are higher than 90% and phosphorus-selective detection (NPD) allows a quantitative determination down to 0.1 pg/μl. The p-nitrobenzylic esters may be analysed by HPLC. Identification and quantification is performed by on-line HPLC-UV and HPLC-MS (APCI) with a determination limit of 20 pg/μl. The ZDP quantification via the methyl esters is applied to seven lubricants from the German market. The method is applicable to used oils allowing the monitoring of ZDP consumption during engine operation. Received: 22 March 1996/Revised: 19 June 1996/Accepted: 21 June 1996     

Improvements of a combined size exclusion chromatography and solid phase extraction approach for the clean-up of marine sediment samples for trace analysis of pesticides

 Two methods based on gel permeation chromatography (GPC) [size exclusion chromatography] for the analysis of traces (ng/kg) of nitrogen and phosphorus containing pesticides (like triazines or phosphothionates) from marine sediment samples are compared: A macro GPC with Biobeads SX-3 and a chromatography on a high-performance (HP-GPC) column with UV-detection. Results for eight triazine herbicides, two triazine metabolites, the phenylurea derivative linuron, two acetanilides and two organophosphorus compounds are given. Concentrations obtained with the HP-GPC are compared with those obtained with a macro GPC approach in an earlier study. Received: 4 October 1996/Revised: 20 December 1996/Accepted: 24 December 1996     

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定人参中磺酰脲类除草剂残留量

建立了人参中15种磺酰脲类除草剂残留量的超高效液相色谱-串联质谱(UPLC-MS/MS)检测方法。样品中残留的农药经乙腈提取、石墨化炭黑(ENVI-Carbon)固相萃取柱净化后,使用含1%(v/v)甲酸的甲醇-二氯甲烷(20:80, v/v)洗脱,UPLC分离,最后采用电喷雾串联质谱在正离子多反应监测(MRM)扫描模式下进行测定。15种农药在2～100 μg/L的质量浓度范围内线性关系良好,相关系数在0.996和0.999之间。对人参中15种农药在5、25和50 μg/kg 3个添加水平下的回收率进行了测定,其平均回收率在84.9%和104.3%之间,相对标准偏差在2.4%和11.9%之间。各种农药的定量限均为5 μg/kg。该方法操作简便,净化效果好,灵敏度、准确度和精密度均符合多残留检测技术的要求,可为中药材中磺酰脲类除草剂污染状况调查提供检测方法支持。     

A new method for the determination of complexing agents in river water using HPLC

 An HPLC-method is described for the rapid and sensitive determination of NTA, EDTA and DTPA in surface and ground water at the sub-μg/L level. The analytes are enriched on anion-exchange cartridges, eluted with formic acid and analyzed on RP 8 columns within 6 min. Recoveries for EDTA and NTA were 110% resp. 94% at an interlaboratory test. They are significantly lowered when higher amounts of sulfate are present in the sample. Reproducibility and comparability with other methods are investigated. The new technique is faster than the well known GC-analysis. Received: 11 March 1996/Revised: 10 June 1996/Accepted: 21 June 1996     

A new method for the determination of complexing agents in river water using HPLC

 An HPLC-method is described for the rapid and sensitive determination of NTA, EDTA and DTPA in surface and ground water at the sub-μg/L level. The analytes are enriched on anion-exchange cartridges, eluted with formic acid and analyzed on RP 8 columns within 6 min. Recoveries for EDTA and NTA were 110% resp. 94% at an interlaboratory test. They are significantly lowered when higher amounts of sulfate are present in the sample. Reproducibility and comparability with other methods are investigated. The new technique is faster than the well known GC-analysis. Received: 11 March 1996/Revised: 10 June 1996/Accepted: 21 June 1996     

Sensitive HPLC-fluorometric and HPLC-MS determination of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (SP)-toxins as 4-bromomethyl-7-methoxycoumarin esters

 Extracts containing the diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins okadaic acid (OA), dinophysistoxin-2 (DTX₂), and dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX₁) were purified on a silica gel cartridge and derivatized with 4-bromomethyl-7 methoxycoumarin (BrMmc). After pre-column derivatization the BrMmc derivatives of the DSP toxins were directly injected into an HPLC system, isocratically eluted, and quantified by fluorescence detection. The signals of the esters showed good linearity in the fluorescence detector within the examined contamination range of 0.03 mg DSP/kg to 2.5 mg DSP/kg. The detection limits for the DSP toxins as 7-Mmc esters were 0.04 ng (corresponding to 0.05 mg DSP/kg). The chromatographic conditions allow to couple the HPLC device with mass spectrometry. The method was tested with various mussel tissue samples. Received: 14 December 1995/Revised: 26 January 1996/Accepted: 30 January 1996     

Sensitive HPLC-fluorometric and HPLC-MS determination of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (SP)-toxins as 4-bromomethyl-7-methoxycoumarin esters

 Extracts containing the diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins okadaic acid (OA), dinophysistoxin-2 (DTX₂), and dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX₁) were purified on a silica gel cartridge and derivatized with 4-bromomethyl-7 methoxycoumarin (BrMmc). After pre-column derivatization the BrMmc derivatives of the DSP toxins were directly injected into an HPLC system, isocratically eluted, and quantified by fluorescence detection. The signals of the esters showed good linearity in the fluorescence detector within the examined contamination range of 0.03 mg DSP/kg to 2.5 mg DSP/kg. The detection limits for the DSP toxins as 7-Mmc esters were 0.04 ng (corresponding to 0.05 mg DSP/kg). The chromatographic conditions allow to couple the HPLC device with mass spectrometry. The method was tested with various mussel tissue samples. Received: 14 December 1995/Revised: 26 January 1996/Accepted: 30 January 1996     

多壁碳纳米管的纯化

用900℃高温氢气处理以及5 mol/L盐酸回流的方法，纯化了一种由甲烷在Ni- Mg-O催化剂上裂解生长的多壁碳纳米管（MWCNTs），考察了不同纯化阶段MWCNTs的 吸水率、比表面积、Ni和Mg残留量以及在不同温度下苯、正己烷、乙醇、丙酮四种 化合物在MWCNTs填充色谱柱上的脱附率的变化，并用透射电镜观察了MWCNTs的形态 。结果表明，高温氢气处理可去除MWCNTs的无定形碳和表面极性基团，使其比表面 积和吸水率减小，同时可打开MWCNTs端口。高温氢气处理后，再用盐酸回流即容易 去除MWCNTs中单用盐酸回流方法无法去除的Ni.经过纯化的MWCNTs的吸水率远小于 活性碳，比Carbopack B稍大，比表面积和Carbopack B相近。苯、正己烷、己醇、 丙酮四种化合物在纯化的MWCNTs填充色谱柱上的脱附率和Carbopack B的相同。经 纯化的MWCNTs的Ni残留量为30 μg/g，Mg残留量低于检测限（10 μg/g）。由于管 腔的存在，纯化的MWCNTs对有机物的保留能力大于Carbopack B。它可以作为气相 色谱固定相和吸附挥发性有机物的吸附剂。     

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定人参、黄芪中多种除草剂残留量

建立了人参和黄芪中55种除草剂残留量的超高效液相色谱-串联质谱检测方法.样品中残留的药物经乙腈提取,石墨化碳黑固相萃取柱净化,甲醇-二氯甲烷洗脱,最后采用电喷雾串联质谱在正离子多反应监测模式下进行测定.55种农药的检测限和定量限分别为0.4 ～20 μg/kg和2～100 μg/kg.在各自的浓度范围内,55种药剂的线...     

Gas chromatographic enantiomer separation of agrochemicals using modified cyclodextrins

The enantiomers of phenoxypropionic acid type herbicides have been resolved by capillary gas chromatography employing modified cyclodextrins as chiral stationary phases. Excellent separations were obtained with columns containing a 1:1 mixture of per-O-pentylated and per-O-methylated γ-cyclodextrin. The enantiomers of the methyl esters of mecoprop and dichlorprop were also resolved on octakis(3-O-butyryl-2,6-di-O-pentyl)-γ-cyclodextrin. On this phase the order of elution of the enantiomers was temperature-dependent, the elution order being reversed as the temperature passed through the isoenantioselective temperature. This is the first time such behavior has been observed with cyclodextrin derivatives. The enantiomers of the polychlorinated polycyclic pesticides cis- and trans-chlordane, oxychlordane, heptachlor, heptachlorepoxide, and three chiral organophosphorus pesticides could be resolved using selectively derivatized cyclodextrin derivatives.     

Development and validation of an automated monitoring system for oxygenated volatile organic compounds and nitrile compounds in ambient air

Few studies were conducted on oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOC) because of problems encountered during the sampling/analyzing steps induced by water in sampled air. Consequently, there is a lack of knowledge of their spatial and temporal trends and their origins in ambient air. In this study, an analyzer consisted of a thermal desorber (TD) interfaced with a gas chromatograph (GC) and a flame ionization detector (FID) was developed for online measurements of 18 OVOC in ambient air including 4 alcohols, 6 aldehydes, 3 ketones, 3 ethers, 2 esters and 4 nitriles. The main difficulty was to overcome the humidity effect without loss of compounds. Water amount in the sampled air was reduced by the trap composition (two hydrophobic graphitized carbons—Carbopack B:Carbopack X), the trap temperature (held at 12.5 °C), by diluting (50:50) the sample with dry air before the preconcentration step and a trap purge with helium. Humidity management allowed the use of a polar CP-Lowox column in order to separate the polar compounds from the hydrocarbon/aromatic matrix. The safe sampling volume for the dual-sorbent trap 75 mg Carbopack X:5 mg Carbopack B was found to 405 mL for ethanol by analyzing a standard mixture at a relative humidity of 80%. Detection limits ranging from 10 ppt for ETBE to 90 ppt for ethanol were obtained for 18 compounds for a sampling volume of 405 mL. Good repeatabilities were obtained at two levels of concentration (relative standard deviation <5%). The calibration (ranging from 0.5 to 10 ppb) was set up at three different levels of relative humidity to test the humidity effect on the response coefficients. Results showed that the response coefficients of all compounds were less affected by humidity except for those of ethanol and acetonitrile (decrease respectively of 30% and 20%). The target compounds analysis shows good reproducibility with response coefficient variability of less then 10% of the mean initial value of calibration for all the compounds. Hourly ambient air measurements were conducted in an urban site in order to test this method. On the basis of these measurements, ethanol, acetone and acetaldehyde have shown the highest concentration levels with an average of 2.10, 1.75 and 1.37 ppb respectively. The daily evolution of some OVOC, namely ethanol and acetaldehyde, was attributed to emissions from motor vehicles while acetone has a different temporal evolution that can be probably associated with remote sources.     

Ultra-trace analysis of pesticides by solid-phase extraction of surface water with carbopack B cartridges, combined with large-volume injection in gas chromatography

Summary A method has been developed for determination of twenty-four polar pesticides—nine organophosphorus pesticides, thirteen organonitrogen compounds, and two triazine degradation products—in surface water. It entails extraction of the target pesticides from 1-L water samples by solid-phase extraction (SPE), then gas chromatography (GC) with large-volume (40 μL) injection. Filtered surface water, from the St Lawrence River in Canada and the River Loire and its tributaries in France, was extracted on cartridges filled with 500 mg Carbopack B (120–400 mesh). Analysis was performed by gas chromatography with a thermionic specific detector (GC-TSD) and a mass spectrometric (MS) detector. Overall percentage recoveries were satisfactory (>70%) for all target pesticides, with precision below 10%. Detection limits were between 0.5 and 4 ng L⁻¹.     

Pollution at and below Sites used for Mixing and Loading of Pesticides

Sites used for mixing and loading of pesticides in sprayers and for washing tractors and sprayers may be point sources of pesticides. Pollution may be caused by accidental spills during filling, disposal of excess spray solution, rinsing of sprayer and tractor or from leaking nozzles on the sprayer. Ground water sampled 2-4 m below sites used for mixing and loading has been analysed for 23 or 46 different pesticides and metabolites in two Danish counties (Storstrøm and Bornholm). Further, the surface pollution at sites used for mixing, loading and rinsing was determined by elution with water of soil sampled in the top 10 cm. In all ground water samples pesticide pollution was determined to be above the European drinking water level (0.1 µg L m 1 ). The highest concentrations and most pesticides were found below loading and mixing sites at machine pools, where the highest concentrations were the phenoxyacid herbicides dichlorprop (750 µg L m 1 ) and 2,4-D (800 µg L m 1 ). The herbicides bentazone, mecoprop and dinoseb were also found in relatively high concentrations (5-60 µg L m 1 ). The surface soil sampled at the top 0-10 cm at sites used for loading and washing sprayers at six farms was eluted with water. These analyses also showed that many different pesticides and relatively high concentrations could be leached out from the soil. Twenty-four different pesticides and metabolites were found, and though most concentrations were below 10 µg L m 1 about 10% of the water samples contained more than 50 µg L m 1 . The results demonstrate that sites used for mixing, loading and washing can be seriously contaminated with pesticides even in ground water 2-4 m below the sites. This implies that ground water, nearby wells and well borings are at risk of pollution and indicates the need for better farm practice.