New macroporous β-cyclodextrin functionalized ionic liquid polymer as an adsorbent for solid phase extraction with phenols

• New promising solid phase extraction sorbent (βCD-BIMOTs-TDI) for phenol analysis.
• Performance of βCD-BIMOTs-TDI SPE is comparable with HR-P, HR-X, C18 for phenol analysis.
• New optimized SPE method was applied for real water samples.

Cyclodextrin-ionic liquid polymer (βCD-BIMOTs-TDI) is a new class of macroporous material and has great potential to be used as an SPE adsorbent material for extraction of phenols in river water samples. Six phenols, as model analytes, were extracted on a βCD-BIMOTs-TDI SPE cartridge, and then, eluted with 2 mL of methanol containing 1% acetic acid. The optimum experimental condition was 15 mL of sample volume (sample at pH 6) and 2 mL of methanol containing 1% acetic acid as an eluent solvent. The eluent concentration was determined by using Gas Chromatography–Flame Ionization Detector (GC–FID). Under optimized condition, high sensitivity (detection limits 0.23–0.35 µg/L) and good recoveries (87–116%) were achieved with satisfactory relative standard deviation (RSD) (0.1–1.7%). The developed βCD-BIMOTs-TDI-SPE was then compared with other adsorbents, and the obtained results showed that the βCD-BIMOTs-TDI exhibited higher extraction recovery due to the unique structure and properties. Finally, the βCD-BIMOTs-TDI was applied as a solid phase extraction sorbent for phenols determination under optimized condition, in river and tap waters, prior to the GC–FID separation.

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