Room temperature silanization of Fe3O4 for the preparation of phenyl functionalized magnetic adsorbent for dispersive solid phase extraction for the extraction of phthalates in water

Abstract

The preparation of magnetic solid adsorbents for solid phase extraction often involved time-consuming stepwise reaction and high-temperature reaction. In this study, the coating of silica and the functionalization of magnetite were performed in a single step at room temperature. The prepared solid adsorbent was phenyl functionalized magnetic adsorbent (Fe3O4@SiO2-Ph). The Fe3O4@SiO2-Ph was used for the determination of phthalates (butyl phthalate, butyl benzyl phthalate, di-ethylhexyl phthalate and di-n-octyl phthalate) in water. Under optimized conditions, this developed magnetic solid phase extraction method achieved the pre-concentration factor of 100, low method detection limit (0.62–1.02 μg/l) and limit of quantitation (1.98–3.25 μg/l), wide linear dynamic range (0.5–100 μg/l) with good coefficient of determination (>0.9980) and good repeatability (relative standard deviation <5%) during the extraction of the selected phthalates. The developed method was also successfully applied to analyze drinking water, mineral water and lake water with good extraction efficiency (70%–102%) and a high degree of precision (≤5%).

Keywords

• butyl phthalate
• di-ethylhexyl phthalate
• di-n-octyl phthalate
• water analysis