Elimination of interfering compounds during GC determination of toxaphene residues by photodechlorination reactions

Harun Parlar, Frank Becker, Robert Müller, Günter Lach

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Abstract

The HPGC determination of Toxaphene in the presence of other chlorinated hydrocarbons with similar retention times is often difficult. This problem can be satisfactorily overcome by including photodehalogenation reactions of interfering substances. Irradiation of the extracts after clean-up procedures in protonated solvents with wavelengths at 254 nm lead to photodechlorinated products of these compounds with shorter retention times, while Toxaphene is mostly stable and can therefore be quantitatively determined by gas-chromatography.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)804-810
Number of pages7
JournalFresenius' Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie
Volume331
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1988
Externally publishedYes

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