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Ionic liquids supported on magnetic nanoparticles as a sorbent preconcentration material for sulfonylurea herbicides prior to their determination by capillary liquid chromatography

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A magnetic material based on N-methylimidazolium ionic liquid and Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles incorporated in a silica matrix has been used to extract and preconcentrate sulfonylurea herbicides, such as thifensulfuron methyl (TSM), metsulfuron methyl (MSM), triasulfuron (TS), tribenuron methyl (TBM) and primisulfuron methyl (PSM) from polluted water samples, prior to their analysis by capillary liquid chromatography with a diode array detector (DAD). Under the optimum conditions, this method allows the determination of TSM, MSM, TS, TBM and PSM in a linear range between 5 and 100 ng mL−1, with relative standard deviation values lower than 5.3 % (n = 10), in all cases. Detection limits ranging between 1.13 and 2.95 ng mL−1 were achieved. The usefulness of the proposed method was demonstrated by the analysis of river water samples, obtaining recoveries higher than 91 %.

 

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Financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (CTQ2010-15027) is gratefully acknowledged. The support given through a “INCRECYT” research contract to M. Zougagh is also acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 13003, Ciudad Real, Spain

    Mohamed Bouri & Ángel Rios

  2. Laboratoire d’Ingénieries des Procédés de l’Energie et de l’Environnement, ENSA, B.P. 1136, Agadir, 8106, Morocco

    Mohamed Bouri & Rachid Salghi

  3. Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Chemical Engineering tin beiber and Environmental Protection, “Gh. Asachi” Technical University, 73 Bd. Dimitrie Mangeron, 700050, Iasi, Romania

    Madalina Gurau & Igor Cretescu

  4. Regional Institute for Applied Chemistry Research, IRICA, 13002, Ciudad Real, Spain

    Mohammed Zougagh & Ángel Rios

  5. Albacete Science and Technology Park, 02006, Albacete, Spain

    Mohammed Zougagh

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Bouri, M., Gurau, M., Salghi, R. et al. Ionic liquids supported on magnetic nanoparticles as a sorbent preconcentration material for sulfonylurea herbicides prior to their determination by capillary liquid chromatography. Anal Bioanal Chem 404, 1529–1538 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-012-6221-2

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