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Determination of organic and inorganic mercury compounds by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography after extraction of the mercuries as alkyldithiocarbamate chelates

Bestimmung von organischen und anorganischen Quecksilberverbindungen durch Umkehrphasen-HPLC nach Extraktion des Quecksilbers als Alkyldithiocarbamat-Chelat

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Für das Verfahren wurden drei verschiedene ODS-Säulen mit verschiedener Silanolaktivität geprüft. Eine vollständige Trennung von Methyl, Ethyl-, Phenyl- und anorganischen Quecksilberverbindungen wurde mit Diethyldithiocarbamat und Pyrrolidindithiocarbamat als Chelatreagentien erreicht. Die Komplexe wurden durch Extraktion aus einem Puffer vom pH 9,5 in Chloroform gebildet. Sie wurden mit Hilfe einer mobilen Phase getrennt, die aus einer Mischung von Methanol/Wasser oder Methanol/Acetonitril/Wasser unter Zusatz von 50–100 μM EDTA und 0–40 μM Alkyldithiocarbamat bestand. Detektion erfolgte durch UV-Spektrophotometrie bei 254 nm. Die Nachweisgrenzen lagen bei 0,15 bis 0,5 ng.

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Reverse-phase separation of organic and inorganic mercury as alkyldithiocarbamate chelates was investigated. Three different ODS columns with varying silanol activity were tested. Complete resolution between methyl-, ethyl-, phenyl- and inorganic mercury was obtained with both diethyldithiocarbamate and pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate as chelating agent. The complexes were formed by liquid/liquid extraction from a buffer of pH 9.5 into chloroform. They were separated with a mobile phase made of a mixture of methanol/water or methanol/acetonitrile/ water, in both cases containing 50–100 μM EDTA and 0–40 μM alkyldithiocarbamate. They were detected by an UV spectrophotometer at 254 nm. The detection limits ranged from 0.15 to 0.5 ng.

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Langseth, W. Determination of organic and inorganic mercury compounds by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography after extraction of the mercuries as alkyldithiocarbamate chelates. Z. Anal. Chem. 325, 267–271 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00498171

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