Deep eutectic solvent-based emulsification liquid-liquid microextraction coupled with HPLC-UV for the analysis of phenoxy acid herbicides in paddy field water samples
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6/21/2021
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Mohamad Yusoff, Nur 'An Nisaa
Rahim, Nurul Yani
Mohammad, Rania Edrees Adam
Yahaya, Noorfatimah
Miskam, Mazidatulakmam
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An emulsification liquid-liquid microextraction (ELLME) method was successfully developed using phenolic based deep eutectic solvent (DES) as an extraction solvent for the determination of phenoxy acid herbicides, dicamba and MCPA in environmental water samples. Five different phenolics based DES were successfully synthesized by using phenol (DES 1), 2-chlorophenol (DES 2), 3-chlorophenol (DES 3), 4-chlorophenol (DES 4) and 3,4-dichlorophenol (DES 6) as the hydrogen-bond donor (HBD) and choline chloride as the hydrogen-bond acceptor (HBA). The DESs were mixed at a 1:2 ratio. A homogenous solution (clear solution) was observed upon the completion of the successful synthesis. The synthesized DESs were characterised by using FTIR and NMR. Under optimum ELLME conditions (50 µL of DES 2 as extraction solvent; 100 µL of THF as emulsifier solvent; pH 2; extraction time; 5 min), enrichment factor (EF) obtained for dicamba and MCPA were 43.1 and 59.7, respectively. Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) obtained for dicamba was 1.66 and 5.03 µg/L respectively, meanwhile for MCPA was 1.69 and 5.12 µg/L, respectively. The developed ELLME-DES method was applied on paddy field water samples, with extraction recoveries in the range of 27-91% for dicamba and 82-96% for MCPA.