Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1307, Issue -, Pages 158-165Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.07.065
Keywords
Aldehydes; Disinfection by-products; Static headspace technique; Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Drinking water
Funding
- Spain's Ministry of Education [CTQ2010-17008]
- Andalusian Regional Government [P09-FQM-4732]
- FEDER
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Low-molecular-mass aldehydes (LMMAs) are water disinfection by-products formed by the reaction of ozone and/or chlorine with natural organic matter in water. LMMAs are mutagenic and carcinogenic compounds, which are detected at ng/L levels in water. An analytical method that allows simultaneous derivatisation and extraction of LMMAs in water has been developed using the classical static headspace technique coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-GC-MS). Important parameters controlling the derivatisation of LMMAs with o-2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzylhydroxylamine, oxime-products extraction and headspace generation were optimised to obtain the highest sensitivity, completing the entire process in 20 min. For the first time the derivatisation reaction was carried out at alkaline pH adjusted with sodium hydrogen carbonate which exerts a significant enhancement effect on the derivatisation efficiency of the aldehydes; up to 20-fold with respect to those obtained in weak acid media as recommended by EPA Method 556.1. The addition of 200 mu L of n-hexane, as a chemical modifier, favoured the volatilisation of oxime-products, increasing the sensitivity of the method. The proposed method allows the achieving of detection limits from 2 to 80 ng/L and has excellent precision (RSD average value of 6.4%) and accuracy (recovery ranging from 97% to 99%) for LMMA quantifications in drinking water samples. Finally, the HS-GC-MS method was validated relative to EPA Method 556.1 for the analysis of drinking water samples subjected to several disinfection treatments. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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