PMID- 31653470 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200416 LR - 20200416 IS - 1873-3778 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 1612 DP - 2020 Feb 8 TI - Promoted reaction microextraction for determining pesticide residues in environmental water samples using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. PG - 460639 LID - S0021-9673(19)31061-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460639 [doi] AB - A microextraction technique termed promoted reaction microextraction (PRME) based on a liquid-liquid microextraction was developed by applying a chemical reaction for promoting the extraction of the analytes into the extracting solvent. PRME is a very simple, rapid and high-performance method for extraction and pre-concentration of organic compounds from water samples. In PRME, different types of chemical reactions can be used. In the present work, an acid-base reaction that produces a gaseous product is employed. In this method, appropriate amounts of auxiliary solvent (methanol), acidic promotor (oxalic acid), and extraction solvent (chloroform) were added rapidly into a water sample containing a basic promotor (sodium bicarbonate). After adding the solution containing the acidic promoter to the water sample containing the basic promoter, the acid-base reaction started with high intensity. The reaction product consisted of salt, water, and carbon dioxide gas. The produced carbon dioxide generated bubbles in the reaction medium that promoted the extraction of the analytes into the extracting solvent. After centrifuging, the fine particles of the extraction solvent were sedimented in the bottom of the conical tube. The denes phase was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Several parameters affecting the extraction of 17 target pesticides by PRME-GC/MS (i.e., a selection of extraction solvent, extraction solvent volume, selection of auxiliary solvent, basic promotor content, and acidic promotor content) were investigated. Under the optimum conditions, the calibration graph was linear in the range of 0.035-40.0 microgL(-1) with the detection limit of 0.003-0.035 microgL(-1) for pesticides. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of the PRME-GC/MS method were in the ranges of 2.29-4.76% (n = 3 and c = 0.30 microgL(-1)). CI - Copyright (c) 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Biparva, Pourya AU - Biparva P AD - Departement of basic sciences, Sari agricultural sciences and natural resources university, P.O. Box 578, Sari, Iran. Electronic address: p.biparva@sanru.ac.ir. FAU - Gorji, Setare AU - Gorji S AD - Genetic and agricultural biotechnology institute of tabarestan, Sari university of agricultural sciences and natural resources, Sari, Iran. FAU - Hedayati, Elahe AU - Hedayati E AD - Departement of basic sciences, Sari agricultural sciences and natural resources university, P.O. Box 578, Sari, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191018 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) RN - 0 (Solvents) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) SB - IM MH - *Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Limit of Detection MH - Liquid Phase Microextraction/*methods MH - Pesticide Residues/*analysis/isolation & purification MH - Solvents/chemistry MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/isolation & purification OTO - NOTNLM OT - Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry OT - Oxalic acid OT - Pesticide residues OT - Promoted reaction microextraction OT - Sodium bicarbonate COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no affiliation with any organization with a direct or indirect financial interest in the subject matter discussed in the manuscript. EDAT- 2019/10/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/17 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/27 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/27 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9673(19)31061-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460639 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2020 Feb 8;1612:460639. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460639. Epub 2019 Oct 18.