[Determination of trace low molecular mass aldehydes in air by ultra-fast liquid chromatography-tandem mass
Xiaohong Chen1, Yu Zhang2, Yuejin Shi2
1Key Laboratory of Health Risk Appraisal for Trace Toxic Chemicals of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo 315010, China.
Objective:
To establish a rapid and accurate method for the determination of trace acetaldehyde, acrolein, methacrylaldehyde, crotonaldehyde in the air by ultra-fast liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry(UFLC-MS/MS).
Methods:
The air sample was concentrated and derivatived by 3-methyl-2(3 H)-benzothiazolonhydrazone(MBTH), and the effect of derivative conditions including the concentration of MBTH, the pH, the derivative time and temperature was investigated. The stability of derivatives, the cracking mechanism of mass spectrometry, the matrix effect of the method and air sampling efficiency were studied. The chromatographic separation was carried out on a Shim-pack XR-ODS II column(100 mm×2. 0 mm, 2. 2 μm) by using water/methanol solution as the mobile phase with the gradient elution. Detection was performed in positive multi-reaction monitoring(MRM) mode for quantification by using external standard method.
Results:
The four analytes showed good linear relationship within the range of 1. 00-100 μg/L(calculated by aldehyde) with a correlation coefficient r≥0. 9990. The limits of quantitation(LOQs) of the method(concentrated with 10 L air) were 0. 5 μg/m~3 in air, for acetaldehyde, acrolein, methacrylaldehyde, crotonaldehyde. The recoveries of the method were 90. 6%-97. 8% at the three spiked levels, and the relative standard deviations(RSDs) were between 1. 9%-6. 4%(n=6), the average sampling efficiency was between 91. 0%-97. 1%.
Conclusion:
The developed method is simple, less interference and specificity, and is suitable for the simultaneous rapid determination of trace acetaldehyde, acrolein, methacrylaldehyde, crotonaldehyde in air of work place.
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