Development of green sodium sulfate-induced solidification of floating organic droplets-dispersive liquid phase microextraction method: Application to extraction of four antidepressants

Sodium sulfate-induced deep eutectic solvent-based solidification of floating organic droplets-dispersive liquid phase microextraction was developed prior to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In this method, a mixture of Na2SO4 solution (as phase separation agent and disperser) containing menthol-decanoic acid was rapidly injected into an alkaline aqueous solution containing Na2SO4. The solution was placed in an ice bath and the menthol-decanoic acid solvent was solidified on the surface of the solution. Under the optimal conditions, the enrichment factors and extraction recoveries were 122-147 and 74-89%, respectively. Finally, an aliquot of the collected organic phase was removed and mixed with acetonitrile and injected into the separation system. The limits of detection and lower limits of quantification were obtained at the ranges of 13-25 and 24-41 ng L-1, respectively. The relative standard deviations of the proposed method were <= 11% for intra- and inter-day precisions at four concentrations.