Determination of phenolic compounds in environmental water samples after solid-phase extraction with β-cyclodextrin-bonded silica particles coupled with a novel liquid-phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

A novel approach for the sample pre-treatment and determination of eight phenolic compounds in environmental water samples has been developed by hyphenating solid-phase extraction (SPE) and liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) techniques based on solid organic drop combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS). After pre-concentration and purification of the sample through column containing 60 mg of beta-cyclodextrin-bonded silica particles as stationary phase, under the optimum conditions, LPME technique has been performed on the eluent solution. Under the selected conditions, limit of detection (LOD) of 0.002-0.04 mu g/L (S/N=3), limit of quantification (LOQ) of 0.007-0.15 mu g/L (S/N=10), pre-concentration factor of 752-3135 and linearity range of 0.01-25 mu g/L have been obtained. A reasonable repeatability (RSD <= 9.5%, n=5) with satisfactory coefficient of determination has been obtained between 0.9981 and 0.9997. The relative recoveries of the waste, sea, river and well water samples were higher than 79%.