Determination of volatile organochalcogens using liquid phase microextraction and gas chromatography with fluorine-induced chemiluminescence detection

In this study, a simple and rapid liquid phase microextraction technique coupled with gas chromatography and fluorineinduced chemiluminescence detection has been developed for determination of volatile organochalcogens (dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, dimethyl trisulfide and dimethyl diselenide and dimethyl telluride). The effects of extraction parameters such as extracting solvent and its volume, stirring time extraction time and salt effect were optimized. Also, analytical figures of merit such as response linearity, repeatability and reproducibility, and limits of detection have been evaluated. The proposed method was found to be a simple and rapid analytical procedure for determination of volatile organochalcogens in real aqueous samples with detection limits of 5-620ng·l-1. The relative recoveries of these analytes for spiked bacterial cultures, tap water and lake water ranged from 95 to 105% with the relative standard deviations of 0.3-11.0%.