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Published on: April 26, 2016
Analysis of lower aliphatic aldehydes in water by micellar electrokinetic chromatography with derivatization to
Abstract:
The analysis of lower aliphatic aldehydes in water following derivatization to 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones, was investigated by micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC). The effects of the buffer pH and acetonitrile addition on the separation were investigated. Under optimized conditions the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) reagent was completely separated from four DNPH derivatized aldehydes with high separation efficiency. DNPH-formaldehyde and DNPH-acetaldehyde were also completely separated from one another. Their relative standard deviation of migration times and peak areas were within 1.0% and 3.3%, respectively. The reproducibility of peak areas in this MEKC analysis was as good as that of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis with the same derivatization method. The recovery values from tap and river water were in the range of 97-102%. The detection limits of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde were 0.05 mg/L and 0.08 mg/L respectively.
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