Combined Isobutoxycarbonylation and tert-Butyldimethylsilylation for the GC/MS-SIM Detection of Alkylphenols, Chlorophenols and Bisphenol A in Mackerel Samples

  • Kim, Hyub (Technology Innovation Center, Sangju National University) ;
  • Hong, Jong-Ki (Hazardous Substance Research Team, Korea Basic Science Institute) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Hwa (Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
  • Kim, Kyoung-Rae (College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • Published : 2003.09.01

Abstract

The alkylphenols, chlorophenols, and bisphenol A were determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry-selected ion monitoring (GC/MS-SIM) followed by two work-up methods for comparison: isobutoxycarbonyl (isoBOC) derivatization and tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) derivatization. Eleven endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) of phenols in biological samples were extracted with acetonitrile and then the acetonitrile layer underwent freezing filtration 6$0^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) was used with XAD-4 and subsequent conversion to isoBOC or TBDMS derivatives for sensitivity analysis with the GC/MS-SIM mode. For isoBOC derivatization and TBDMS derivatization the recoveries were 92.3∼150.6% and 93.8∼108.3%, the method detection limits (MDLs) of bisphenol A for SIM were 0.062 $\mu$ g/kg and 0.010 $\mu$ g/kg, and the SIM responses were linear with the correlation coefficient varying by 0.9755∼0.9981 and 0.9908∼0.9996, respectively. When these methods were applied to mackerel samples, the concentrations of the 11 phenol EDCs were below the MDL.

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