Molecularly imprinted polymer for selective extraction of endocrine disrupters nonylphenol and its ethoxylated derivates from environmental solids

Nonylphenol isomers (NP), linear nonylphenol (4-n-NP) and NP short chain ethoxylated derivates (NPEO1 and NPEO2) are degradation products of nonylphenol polyethoxylates, a worldwide used group of surfactants. All of them are considered endocrine disrupters due to their ability to mimic natural estrogens. In this paper, the preparation and evaluation of several 4-n-NP molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for the selective extraction and clean-up of 4-n-NP, NP, NPEO1 and NPEO2 from complex environmental solid samples is described. Among the different combinations tested, a methacrylic acid-based imprinted polymer prepared in toluene provided the better performance for molecularly imprinted SPE (MISPE). Under optimum MISPE conditions, the polymer was able to selectively retain not only linear NP but also the endocrine disruptors NPEO1, NPEO2 and NP with recoveries ranging from 60 to 100%, depending upon the analyte. The developed MISPE procedure was successfully used for the determination of 4-n-NP, NP, NPEO1 and NPEO2 in sediments and sludge samples at concentration levels according to data reported in the literature for incurred samples. Finally, various sludge samples collected at five different sewage treatment plants from Madrid and commercial sludge for agriculture purposes were analysed. The measured concentrations of the different compounds varied from 3.7 to 107.5 mg/kg depending upon the analyte and the sample. © 2008 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Núñez, L., Turiel Trujillo, Esther, Martín Esteban, Antonio, Tadeo Lluch, José Luis
Format:	artículo biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2008
Subjects:	Environmental solid samples, Molecularly imprinted SPE, 4-n-Nonylphenol, Nonyl_x0002_phenol, Nonylphenol ethoxylates,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/3157 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/292385
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