Development of a molecularly imprinted polymer for selective extraction of bisphenol A in water samples

J Sep Sci. 2010 Jun;33(11):1644-51. doi: 10.1002/jssc.201000013.

Abstract

A cross-linked methacrylate molecularly imprinted polymer (poly-4-vinylpyridine-co-trimethylolpropane-trimethacrylate) selective for bisphenol A (BPA) was synthesized, using a fluorinated BPA derivative (4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)-diphenol) as a mimic template, and applied to the analysis of real-world samples of process and potable waters. The molecularly imprinted polymer also showed a high affinity and selectivity for 17-beta-estradiol and ethynylestradiol. A method to analyze BPA, 17-beta-estradiol, and ethynylestradiol at ultratrace levels was thus developed from a screening procedure to monitor endocrine-disrupting chemicals in water samples. The method consists of the BPA-selective cleanup by molecularly imprinted SPE using cartridges packed with the polymer developed, its recovery by stir bar sorptive extraction after ad hoc derivatization to obtain the corresponding BPA-acetate, and its analysis by GC-time window-SIM-MS after online thermal desorption. The method showed good linearity in the working range (R(2)=0.9969), high repeatability (RSD% <10.1), recoveries always above 90%, and very low LOD (10 pg/L) and LOQ (1 ng/L) and can easily be extended to the determination of 17-beta-estradiol and ethynylestradiol ultratraces. The method's effectiveness was evaluated by analyzing the real-world water samples; it enabled preconcentration and detection of BPA at ultratrace levels.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorption
  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Chemistry / methods
  • Chemistry Techniques, Analytical
  • Chromatography, Gas / methods
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemistry
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods
  • Estradiol / chemistry
  • Ethinyl Estradiol / chemistry
  • Kinetics
  • Methacrylates / chemistry
  • Phenols / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Water / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*

Substances

  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Methacrylates
  • Phenols
  • Polymers
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Water
  • Ethinyl Estradiol
  • Estradiol
  • bisphenol A