Hollow zirconium-porphyrin-based metal-organic framework for efficient solid-phase microextraction of naphthols

In this work, a hollow zirconium-porphyrin-based metal-organic framework (HZ-PMOF) was prepared as a coating for solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber to determine two naphthols. HZ-PMOF coating provided good extraction performance for naphthols because of the rich forces including pi-pi in-teractions, hydrogen bonding, and electrostatic interaction between the materials and targets. Further-more, due to the special shape of the hollow structure, HZ-PMOF coating showed time-saving SPME equilibrium time and higher extraction capacity than zirconium-porphyrin-based metal-organic framework (Z-PMOF) coating without hollow structure. Combining with gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS), an analytical method of naphthols with low detection limit (1.0 ng L-1), wider linear range (3.0-100 0.0 ng L-1) and good reproducibility (RSD <= 8.6%) was estab-lished. Subsequently, naphthols in water samples from five cities in China were successfully detected by this developed method with satisfactory recoveries (81.1%-117.9%) and precision (RSDs, 3.2-9.6%). The results indicated that the prepared HZ-PMOF-coated fiber has good application prospects, and would broaden the application of materials with special morphology in the field of pretreatment. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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A hollow zirconium-porphyrin-based metal-organic framework was used as a coating for solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber to determine naphthols. The coating showed good extraction performance due to its rich forces and special hollow structure, allowing for a time-saving equilibrium time and higher extraction capacity. The developed method combined with GC-MS/MS demonstrated low detection limit, wider linear range, and good reproducibility for naphthols in water samples.