Preparation and evaluation of molecularly imprinted ionic liquids polymer as sorbent for on-line solid-phase extraction of chlorsulfuron in environmental water samples

In this report, vinylimidazolium ionic liquid as a functional monomer for preparation of chlorsulfuron (CS) imprinted polymers were first studied. The imprinted materials showed high selectivity for CS, and fast kinetics so that adsorption equilibrium was achieved within 5 min. These materials have been further employed to detect trace CS from water samples by online preconcentration coupled with HPLC. The sorbent offered good linearity (0.005-30 mu g L-1 r(2) > 0.99) for on-line solid-phase extraction of trace chlorsulfuron. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the recovery for chlorsulfuron was in the range of 81.0-110.1% for the water samples, with RSDs ranging from 1.2 to 7.6%. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.