Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 378, Issue 5, Pages 1357-1363Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-003-2423-y
Keywords
biological samples; organotin compounds; extraction; multicapillary gas chromatography
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A method has been developed for species-selective analysis of organotin compounds in solid, biological samples. The procedure is based on accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) of analytes and includes extraction of the tin species with a methanol-water (90% methanol) solution of acetic acid/sodium acetate containing tropolone (0.03% w/v), their ethylation with NaBEt4, and separation and detection by GC-FPD. The analytical procedure was optimized with an unspiked sample of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) liver. Effects of ASE operational variables (extraction temperature and pressure, solvent composition, number of static extraction steps) are discussed. Method detection limits (MDL) were in the range 6-10 ng(Sn) g(-1) dry weight and 7-17 ng(Sn) g(-1) dry weight for butyl- and phenyltin compounds, respectively. Recoveries were comparable with or better than those obtained by use of other procedures reported in the literature. The analytical procedure was validated by analysis of NIES No. 11 (fish tissue) certified reference material.
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