Abstract: | Analytical methods have been developed for the quantitative determination of Bu4Sn, Bu3Sn+, Bu2Sn2+, BuSn3+, Me3BuSn, Me2Bu2Sn, MeBu3Sn, MeBuSn2+, Me2BuSn+ and MeBu2Sn+ in water. Organotin compounds are extracted from water with tropolone at 0.1 % in n-pentane, derivatized with n-pentylmagnesium bromide and determined by gas chromatography with flame photometric detection or flame ionization detection. Absolute detection limits are 0.05-0.12 ng and 1.2-13 ng as tin, respectively. The method was applied to the analysis of spiked tap-water containing 0.3-1000 ng cm?3 of each of the organotin compounds. |