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A method for speciation of organotin compounds in marine sediments by solvent extraction combined with hydride generation gas chromatography-atomic absorption spectrometry has been developed. Sediment samples spiked with tributyltin and triphenyltin chlorides were homogenized in hydrochloric acid. The chlorides were extracted twice into toluene. Recoveries of the organotin compounds from the spiked sediment samples were improved by the addition of 8-quinolinol. Tributyltin and triphenyltin chlorides form ion-associates with 8-quinolinol in aqueous hydrochloric acid. The method was optimized with respect to derivatization reactions and extraction conditions. Interferences from SnII/IV and additional 13 ions were investigated. Recoveries of 84–100% for tributyltin and 86–100% for triphenyltin were achieved using this method. The detection limits obtained for tributyltin and triphenyltin chlorides were 95 and 145 pg, respectively, corresponding to a relative detection limit of 95 and 145 ng kg–1 in the sediment.
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Feng, YL., Narasaki, H. Speciation of organotin compounds in marine sediments by capillary column gas chromatography-atomic absorption spectrometry coupled with hydride generation. Anal Bioanal Chem 372, 382–386 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-001-1133-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-001-1133-6