Abstract
BACKGROUND: The phenol concentrations in water samples were determined using gas chromatography after derivatization of the analyte to phenyl acetate followed by extraction using a large volume of solvent. However, this procedure requires an additional purification step and is not analytically efficient. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, phenol was first extracted from an acidified water sample using ethyl acetate and then acetylated using acetic anhydride in the presence of a small amount of water and $K_2CO_3$. The derivative was extracted using 1mL of n-butyl acetate. One microliter of the extract was analyzed by GC-MS without further purification. The calibration curve showed good linearity with the $r^2$ value of 0.9968. The method detection limit and the limit of quantitation were estimated to be $0.18{\mu}g/L$ and $0.56{\mu}g/L$, respectively. Repeatability (RSD, n=3) and recovery (n=3) were 9.1%-4.3% and 90.6%-110.5%, respectively. The concentrations of phenol in a few samples of stream water were distributed in the range of $2.51-7.51{\mu}g/L$. CONCLUSION: This method is simpler and faster to implement than those currently utilized and shows high analytical reliability. It can be applied to the quantitative determination of phenol concentrations in surface water and groundwater samples.
이 연구에서 개발한 방법은 phenyl acetate 유도체를 만든 후 추출-정제-농축 단계로 분석하는 기존 phenol 분석 방법의 '추가적인 정제 과정 필요' 및 '많은 양의 유해 용매 사용'이라는 단점을 보완할 수 있는 분석 방법이다. 이 방법은 phenol을 물로부터 액-액 추출한 후 생성한 phenyl acetate 유도체를 소량의 용매로 추출한 후 바로 GC-MS에 주입하여 분석할 수 있는 장점을 갖고 있다. 이 방법은 기존 방법과 유사한 수준의 반복성, 회수율, 직선성 및 방법검출한계를 나타내었고, 분석 과정이 기존에 비해 더 간단하여 물 중의 phenol 및 페놀류 화합물를 분석하는 데에 적합할 것으로 생각한다.
