Simultaneous Determination of C1−C4 Carboxylic Acids and Aldehydes Using 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine-Impregnated Silica Gel and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
- 27 August 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 76 (19), 5849-5854
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ac0493471
Abstract
A new method for the simultaneous determination of aliphatic carboxylic acids and aldehydes in air is described. In this work, carboxylic acids were allowed to react with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) to form the corresponding carboxylic 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazides. These derivatives have excellent thermal stability, with melting points higher than those of the corresponding hydrazones by 32-50 degrees C. C1-C4 carboxylic acid 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazides exhibited maximum absorption wavelengths of 331-334 nm and molar absorption coefficients of 1.4 x 10(4) L/mol/cm. They were completely separated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with an RP-Amide C16 column. Cartridges packed with DNPH-coated silica particles (DNPH cartridge) were used for sampling formic acid and aldehydes. Formic acid was physically adsorbed on the silica particles as the first step of the sampling mechanism. Gradual reaction with DNPH followed. Formic acid reacted very slowly with DNPH at room temperature (20 degrees C), but reacted completely at 80 degrees C over 4 h. In field measurements, the sample air was drawn through a DNPH cartridge. After sampling, the cartridges were heated at 80 degrees C for 5 h and extracted with acetonitrile for HPLC analysis. Under these optimized conditions, the LOD is 0.4 ug/m(3) for an air sample collected for 24 h at 100 mL/min (144 L).Keywords
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