PMID- 26194242 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181211 LR - 20181211 IS - 1614-7499 (Electronic) IS - 0944-1344 (Print) IS - 0944-1344 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 8 DP - 2018 Mar TI - Selective and comprehensive analysis of organohalogen compounds by GC x GC-HRTofMS and MS/MS. PG - 7135-7146 LID - 10.1007/s11356-015-5059-5 [doi] AB - Thousands of organohalogen compounds, including hazardous chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other persistent organic pollutants (POPs), were selectively and simultaneously detected and identified with simple, or no, purification from environmental sample extracts by using several advanced methods. The methods used were software extraction from two-dimensional gas chromatography-high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC x GC-HRTofMS) data, measurement by negative chemical ionization with HRTofMS, and neutral loss scanning (NLS) with GC x GC-MS/MS. Global and selective detection of organochlorines and bromines in environmental samples such as sediments and fly ash was achieved by NLS using GC x GC-MS/MS (QQQ), with the expected losses of (35)Cl and (79)Br. We confirmed that negative chemical ionization was effective for sensitive and selective ionization of organohalogens, even using GC x GC-HRTofMS. The 2D total ion chromatograms obtained by using negative chemical ionization and selective extraction of organohalogens using original software from data measured by electron impact ionization were very similar; the software thus functioned well to extract organohalogens. Combining measurements made by using these different methods will help to detect organohalogens selectively and globally. However, to compare the data obtained by individual measurements, the retention times of the peaks on the 2D chromatograms need to match. FAU - Hashimoto, Shunji AU - Hashimoto S AD - National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan. shunji@nies.go.jp. FAU - Zushi, Yasuyuki AU - Zushi Y AD - National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan. AD - Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Onogawa 16-1, Tsukuba, 305-8569, Japan. FAU - Takazawa, Yoshikatsu AU - Takazawa Y AD - National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan. FAU - Ieda, Teruyo AU - Ieda T AD - National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan. FAU - Fushimi, Akihiro AU - Fushimi A AD - National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan. FAU - Tanabe, Kiyoshi AU - Tanabe K AD - National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan. FAU - Shibata, Yasuyuki AU - Shibata Y AD - National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150722 PL - Germany TA - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int JT - Environmental science and pollution research international JID - 9441769 RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Halogenated) SB - IM MH - Data Mining MH - Environmental Monitoring/*methods MH - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis/chemistry MH - *Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Hydrocarbons, Halogenated/*analysis/chemistry MH - Software MH - *Tandem Mass Spectrometry MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC5847631 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Mass defect OT - Multidimensional data analysis OT - Neutral loss OT - Non-target analysis OT - Software extraction and cleanup EDAT- 2015/07/22 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:00 PMCR- 2015/07/22 CRDT- 2015/07/22 06:00 PHST- 2015/03/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/07/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/07/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/07/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/07/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s11356-015-5059-5 [pii] AID - 5059 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11356-015-5059-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Mar;25(8):7135-7146. doi: 10.1007/s11356-015-5059-5. Epub 2015 Jul 22.