Müller MB, Zwiener C, Frimmel FH. Sample cleanup and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of polar aromatic compounds in groundwater samples from a former gas plant.
J Chromatogr A 1999;
862:137-45. [PMID:
10596971 DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9673(99)00960-7]
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Abstract
A method for the analysis of the polar aromatic compounds 1H-quinolin-4-one (Q), 10H-acridin-9-one (A), 5H-phenanthridin-6-one (P) and 9H-fluoren-9-one (F) in aqueous solutions has been developed. The method comprises steps for sample preparation (solid-phase extraction, cleanup) and analytical determination by means of reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). For the cleanup step the suitability of two different sorbents (alternative A: silica gel, alternative B: LiChrolut EN) was investigated. Alternative B depicted several advantages, in particular higher sorbent capacity, faster and less complicated handling, higher recovery and better reproducibility. For Q, A and P, reproducibility of all method steps is better than 13%, with recovery rates ranging from 76% to 105% (n=3). Alternative B was applied to groundwater samples from a former gas plant. The analytes A and P could be detected at concentrations in the micro/l range.
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