Effective solid-phase extraction of chlorophenols with covalent organic framework material as adsorbent

Abstract

In this work, a porous extended network covalent organic framework designated as TP-NDA-COF was synthesized by the reaction of 2,4,6-trihydroxy-benzene-1,3,5-tricarbaldehyde (TP) and 1,5-naphthalenediamine (NDA). The structure and morphology of the TP-NDA-COF was characterized by means of Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The TP-NDA-COF was applied as a solid-phase extraction adsorbent for the extraction of some chlorophenols from water and lemon black tea beverage samples prior to high performance liquid chromatography-UV detection. The main experimental parameters that affect the extraction efficiency including the type and volume of eluent, sample solution volume, sample loading rate and sample solution pH were investigated. Under the optimal conditions, the calibration curves were linear in the range of 0.30–60.0 ng mL−1 with the determination coefficients (R2) of 0.9996–0.9998 for water samples and in the range of 0.60–60.0 ng mL−1 with the R2 values from 0.9990 to 0.9996 for beverage samples. At the signal to noise ratio of 3 (S/N = 3), the method LODs for the analytes were 0.10–0.15 ng mL−1 for water samples and 0.20–0.50 ng mL−1 for lemon black tea beverage, respectively. Good repeatability was achieved with the relative standard deviations of less than 7%. The results showed that the SPE-HPLC method can be used for the determination of chlorophenols in environmental water and foodstuffs samples.