Ferrocene-based nanoporous organic polymer as solid-phase extraction sorbent for the extraction of chlorophenols from tap water, tea drink and peach juice samples

Abstract

Ferrocene-based nanoporous organic polymer (Fc-NOP) was used as solid-phase extraction (SPE) adsorbent and showed excellent adsorption capacity for chlorophenols (CPs) compared with commercial C18 and multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Then, a SPE method with Fc-NOP packed cartridge combined with HPLC-UV detection was developed to determine CPs in tap water, black tea drinks and peach juice samples. Under optimal conditions, the detection limits of the method measured at the signal to noise ratio of 3 (S/N = 3) were 0.04–0.06 ng mL−1 for tap water and 0.10–0.20 ng mL−1 for black tea drinks and peach juice samples. Satisfactory method recoveries were achieved in the range of 87.6–119% with relative standard deviations of 3.11–7.83%. Result proved that this method was a sensitive and efficient method for determination of trace CPs in foods. The extraction result for more other compounds confirmed that the developed method had a great application potential for analysis of other trace pollutants in food samples.