Simultaneous determination of seven bisphenols in environmental water and solid samples by liquid chromatography–electrospray tandem mass spectrometry

• Published in: Journal of Chromatography A Vol. 1328; pp. 26 - 34
• Main Authors: Yang, Yunjia, Lu, Libin, Zhang, Jing, Yang, Yi, Wu, Yongning, Shao, Bing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 07.02.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analysis methods; Analytical chemistry; Applied sciences; Bisphenol A; Bisphenols; Cartridges; Chemistry; Chromatographic methods and physical methods associated with chromatography; Chromatography; Chromatography, Liquid - methods; Environmental water; Exact sciences and technology; Extraction; Fresh Water - chemistry; Freshwater; Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry; Liquids; Mass spectrometry; Natural water pollution; Other chromatographic methods; Other wastewaters; Phenols - analysis; Pollution; Reproducibility of Results; Rivers; Sewage - chemistry; Sludge; Soil and sediments pollution; Solid Phase Extraction; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization - methods; Tandem Mass Spectrometry - methods; Wastewaters; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water treatment and pollution; Sludge; Bisphenols; Environmental water; Solid-phase extraction; Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry; Ultra performance liquid chromatography; Solid phase extraction; Tandem mass spectrometry; Chemical analysis; Sulfone; Halophenols; Estrogen; Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; Solvent extraction; Sewage sludge; Electrospray; Quadrupole spectrometer; Waste water; Chemical enrichment; Freshwater environment; Pollution; Ultrasound assisted extraction; Sample preparation; Bromine Organic compounds; Stream; Ultrasound; Quantitative analysis; Trace analysis; Validation; Mimetic hormone; Coupled method; Endocrine disruptor; Sediments; Reversed phase chromatography; Surface water; Simultaneous measurement; Phenols; Water pollution; Fluorine Organic compounds; River water
• ISSN: 0021-9673; 1873-3778
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.12.074

•A method was developed for the determination of 7 bisphenols in environment.•This universal analytical method is available for varied environmental samples.•Real sample analysis indicated all target analytes except BPB were detected. This article presents a simple and universal analytical method for the simultaneous analysis of bisphenol S (BPS), bisphenol F (BPF), bisphenol A (BPA), bisphenol B (BPB), bisphenol AF (BPAF), tetrachlorobisphenol A (TCBPA), and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in environmental water (river water, sewage) and solid samples (sediment, sludge) based on liquid chromatography–electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). Analytes were extracted from water samples using hydrophilic lipophilic balanced (HLB) solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridges, and the extracts were further purified using MAX SPE cartridges. For the solid samples, a combination of ultrasonic extraction with the same SPE clean-up procedures used for the water samples was employed. The absolute recoveries for all analytes in the water and solid samples ranged from 57.1 to 114.3%. Good method reproducibility was achieved in terms of intra- and inter-day precision, yielding relative standard deviations (RSDs) less than 16.9 and 18.1%, respectively. The method limits of quantitation (MLOQ) for the seven compounds in environmental water and solid samples ranged from 0.05 to 4.35ng/L and from 0.06 to 2.83ng/g (dry weight, d.w.), respectively. Finally, this method was successfully applied to real environmental sample analysis, which revealed that all of the tested BPs were present, with the exception of BPB.