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A Solid-Phase Microextraction Fiber Coated With diglycidyloxycalix[4]arene Yields Very High Extraction Selectivity and Sensitivity During the Analysis of Chlorobenzenes in Soil

A Solid-Phase Microextraction Fiber Coated With diglycidyloxycalix[4]arene Yields Very High Extraction Selectivity and Sensitivity During the Analysis of Chlorobenzenes in Soil

Xiujuan Li, Zhaorui Zeng, Ying Xu

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2006 Mar;384(6):1428-37.

PMID: 16491344

Abstract:

A novel fiber coated with novel sol-gel (5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-25,27-dihydroxy-26,28-diglycidyloxycalix[4]arene/hydroxy-terminated silicone oil; diglycidyloxy-C[4]/OH-TSO) was prepared for use with headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) combined with gas chromatography (GC) and electron capture detection (ECD), which was applied in order to determine nine chlorobenzenes in soil matrices. Due to the improved fiber preparation, which increases the percentage of calixarene in the coating, the new calixarene fiber exhibits very high extraction selectivity and sensitivity to chlorine-substituted compounds. Various parameters affecting the extraction efficiency were optimized in order to maximize the sensitivity during the chlorobenzene analysis. Interferences from different soil matrices with different characteristics were investigated, and the amount extracted was strongly influenced by the matrix. Therefore, a standard addition protocol was performed on the real soil samples. The linear ranges of detection for the chlorobenzenes tested covered three orders of magnitude, and correlation coefficients >0.9976 and relative standard deviations (RSD) <8% were observed. The detection limits were found at sub-ng/g of soil levels, which were about an order of magnitude lower than those given by the commercial poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) coating for most of the compounds. The recoveries ranged from 64 to 109.6% for each analyte in the real kaleyard soil matrix when different concentration levels were determined over the linear range, which confirmed the reliability and feasibility of the HS-SPME/GC-ECD approach using the fiber coated with diglycidyloxy-C[4]/OH-TSO for the ultratrace analysis of chlorobenzenes in complex matrices.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP67923131	Poly(dimethylsiloxane), chlorine terminated		67923-13-1	Price

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