PMID- 21376992 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110620 LR - 20110307 IS - 1873-3573 (Electronic) IS - 0039-9140 (Linking) VI - 84 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Apr 15 TI - Determination of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates by ion-pair solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography. PG - 587-92 LID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.01.014 [doi] AB - In this paper, the potential use of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as solid phase extraction (SPE) adsorbent was evaluated for preconcentration of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) using ion-pair (IP)-SPE with tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH). The LAS homologues present in the aqueous sample were ion-paired with TBAH and the solution was passed through the MWCNT cartridges. The analytes retained in the cartridge were eluted with methanol and the concentrated methanol extract was analysed by HPLC-UV. In order to obtain the satisfactory recovery of LAS homologues, various parameters including the type and amount of the ion-pair reagents, the desorption and enrichment conditions such as the effect of eluent and its volume, pH, the flow rate, the ultrasonic time of sample, and the volume of sample solution were systematically optimized. Under the optimal conditions, LAS homologues could be easily extracted by the proposed SPE cartridge. The favorable limits of detection (LOD) for LAS homologues were in the range from 0.02 to 0.03 mug L(-1), and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were 1.55-2.54% for 10 mug L(-1) LAS (n=6). The proposed method has been successfully applied for the analysis of LAS homologues in aqueous environmental samples. A comparison study with ion-pair solid extraction on MWCNTs, C8 and C18 as adsorbents for LAS demonstrated that ion pair-based solid extraction on MWCNTs adsorbent was advantageous over C8 and C18, the widely used traditional adsorbents. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Guo, Ping AU - Guo P AD - The Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University; Chongqing 400715, China. FAU - Guan, Zhuo AU - Guan Z FAU - Wang, Weidong AU - Wang W FAU - Chen, Bo AU - Chen B FAU - Huang, Yuming AU - Huang Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110115 PL - Netherlands TA - Talanta JT - Talanta JID - 2984816R RN - 0 (Alkanesulfonic Acids) RN - 0 (alkylbenzyl sulfonic acid) SB - IM MH - Alkanesulfonic Acids/*analysis MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/*methods MH - Limit of Detection MH - Solid Phase Extraction/*methods MH - Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet EDAT- 2011/03/08 06:00 MHDA- 2011/06/21 06:00 CRDT- 2011/03/08 06:00 PHST- 2010/10/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/12/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/01/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/03/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/03/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/06/21 06:00 [medline] AID - S0039-9140(11)00046-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.01.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Talanta. 2011 Apr 15;84(2):587-92. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.01.014. Epub 2011 Jan 15.