Determination of linuron and related compounds in soil by microwave-assisted solvent extraction and reversed-phase liquid chromatography with UV detection

The combination of microwave-assisted solvent extraction (MASE) and reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) with UV detection has been investigated for the efficient determination of phenylurea herbicides in soils involving the single-residue method (SRM) approach (linuron) and the multi-residue...

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Published in:Journal of Chromatography A 2000-02, Vol.869 (1), p.487-496
Main Authors: Molins, Carmen, Hogendoorn, Elbert A, Dijkman, Ellen, Heusinkveld, Henk A.G, Baumann, Robert A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis methods
Applied sciences
Chromatography, Liquid - methods
Exact sciences and technology
Linuron
Linuron - analysis
Microwaves
Pesticides
Phenylureas
Pollution
Soil and sediments pollution
Soil Pollutants - analysis
Solvents
Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
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Summary:The combination of microwave-assisted solvent extraction (MASE) and reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) with UV detection has been investigated for the efficient determination of phenylurea herbicides in soils involving the single-residue method (SRM) approach (linuron) and the multi-residue method (MRM) approach (monuron, monolinuron, isoproturon, metobromuron, diuron and linuron). Critical parameters of MASE, viz. extraction temperature, water content and extraction solvent were varied in order to optimise recoveries of the analytes while simultaneously minimising co-extraction of soil interferences. The optimised extraction procedure was applied to different types of soil with an organic carbon content of 0.4–16.7%. Besides freshly spiked soil samples, method validation included the analysis of samples with aged residues. A comparative study between the applicability of RPLC–UV without and with the use of column switching for the processing of uncleaned extracts, was carried out. For some of the tested analyte/matrix combinations the one-column approach (LC mode) is feasible. In comparison to LC, coupled-column LC (LC–LC mode) provides high selectivity in single-residue analysis (linuron) and, although less pronounced in multi-residue analysis (all six phenylurea herbicides), the clean-up performance of LC–LC improves both time of analysis and sample throughput. In the MRM approach the developed procedure involving MASE and LC–LC–UV provided acceptable recoveries (range, 80–120%) and RSDs (
ISSN:0021-9673
DOI:10.1016/S0021-9673(99)01000-6