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  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry

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  • Human activities release numerous substances into aquatic environments, necessitating effective monitoring.
  • Pollution tracers like caffeine (CAF) and carbamazepine (CBZ) are crucial for identifying contamination sources.
  • Current pre-treatment methods for low-concentration analytes in complex matrices are often insufficient.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and optimize a novel pre-treatment technique for simultaneous extraction and concentration of CAF and CBZ.
  • To evaluate aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) composed of ionic liquids (ILs) and K3C6H5O7 as an alternative to traditional methods.
  • To assess the efficiency and applicability of IL-based ABS for water sample analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Screening of various ionic liquid (IL) structures for optimal extraction efficiency.
  • Optimization of IL-based ABS for simultaneous concentration of CAF and CBZ.
  • Analysis of concentrated samples using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV).

Main Results:

  • Extraction efficiencies for both CAF and CBZ to the IL-rich phase reached 95-100% in a single step.
  • No interferences were observed from ABS components or wastewater effluent matrix in the HPLC-UV analysis.
  • Maximum estimated concentration factors for CAF and CBZ were 28595-fold and 8259-fold, respectively.

Conclusions:

  • IL-based ABS provide an effective and efficient pre-treatment method for environmental water samples.
  • This technique enables accurate monitoring of mixtures of pollution tracers at low concentrations.
  • IL-based ABS represent a promising advancement in analytical chemistry for environmental monitoring.