Development of a hydrophilic magnetic amino-functionalized metal-organic framework for the highly efficient enrichment of trace bisphenols in river water samples

Abstract

Bisphenols, a typical pollutant with endocrine acting the scientific attention for their ascertained toxicity and wide uses. The magnetic Zr-MOFs (Fe3O4@PDA@UiO-66-NH2), functionalized with amino groups and proved by a series of material characterization techniques, were successfully prepared as adsorbents for magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) of five bisphenols (including bisphenol A, bisphenol B, bisphenol S, bisphenol AP and bisphenol AF) from water samples. Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry was used for sample analysis and quantification. Good linearity was obtained for each analyte with correlation coefficients larger than 0.990. The low limits of detection (LOD) and qualification (LOQ) were 0.013–0.290 μg/L (S/N = 3) and 0.088–1.800 μg/L (S/N = 10), respectively. The repeatability standard deviations in spiked lake water samples were 0.57–1.67%. In addition, the amount of the materials (40 mg), the adsorption time (30 min), pH value (7), elution time (30 min) and elution solvent (methanol) were determined as the optimal parameters in bisphenol extraction. Satisfactory results were obtained when the developed MSPE method was applied to determine the five bisphenols in real lake water samples, and the maximum extraction efficiency was up to 78.2%. The developed MSPE method using the Fe3O4@PDA@UiO-66-NH2 as adsorbent provides time saving, high selectivity and sensitivity for the analysis of trace bisphenols, suggesting that the Fe3O4@PDA@UiO-66-NH2 had a broad application prospect in water analysis.