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Development of an Ammonium Chloride-Enhanced thermal-assisted-ESI LC-HRMS Method for the Characterization of Chlorinated Paraffins

Development of an Ammonium Chloride-Enhanced thermal-assisted-ESI LC-HRMS Method for the Characterization of Chlorinated Paraffins

Li Zheng, Lushi Lian, Jianxin Nie, Yue Song, Shuwen Yan, Daqiang Yin, Weihua Song

Environ Pollut. 2019 Dec;255(Pt 2):113303.

PMID: 31585406

Abstract:

Simultaneous quantification of short-, medium-, and long-chain chlorinated paraffins (CPs) in environmental matrices is challenging and has received much attention from environmental chemists. In this study, ammonium-chloride-enhanced liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) was developed for the first time to quantify CPs in sediments and aqueous samples. Three ionization sources, including atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI), electrospray ionization (ESI), and thermal-assisted-ESI, were employed to examine the performance of ammonium chloride as the chloride ion supply reagent in comparison with traditional chloride ion supply reagent, dichloromethane. Ammonium chloride can be easily used with reversed-phase liquid chromatography (LC), whereas dichloromethane is not compatible with aqueous LC mobile phase. Furthermore, other anion-supply reagents, such as ammonium formate, ammonium acetate, and ammonium bromide, were also tested. It was concluded that the adducts of the CPs with the anions were reversible and could partially dissociate into deprotonated CP ions. The yield of deprotonated CP ions was associated with the gas-phase basicity of the deprotonated CP ions and the corresponding anions. Furthermore, collision-induced dissociation curves were drawn to quantify the stability of anionic CP adducts. The ammonium-chloride-enhanced LC-HRMS was further employed for identifying CPs in sediment samples and coupled with an online SPE method for detecting CPs in aqueous samples. This study may significantly contribute to the qualification and quantification of CPs in environmental matrices.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP12125029-A	Ammonium chloride		12125-02-9	Price

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