The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Determination of hexahydrophthalic acid and methylhexahydrophthalic acid in plasma after derivatisation with pentafluorobenzyl bromide using gas chromatography and mass spectrometric detection

Author

Summary, in English

A method for the simultaneous determination of hexahydrophthalic acid (HHP acid) and methylhexahydrophthalic acid (MHHP acid) in human plasma was developed. The procedure was a rapid, single step extractive derivatisation with pentafluorobenzyl bromide as the derivatisation agent. The formed pentafluorobenzyl esters were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in negative ion chemical ionisation mode with ammonia as the moderating gas. Deuterium-labeled HHP acid and MHHP acid were used as internal standards. The detection limit was 0.4 ng/ml for HHP acid (m/z 153) and 0.3 ng/ml for MHHP acid (m/z 365). The within-day precision of the method was between 2 and 3% and the between-day precision was between 3 and 12%. The overall recovery was between 65 and 83%. A comparison between HHP acid determinations with a previous and this method showed that the methods gave similar results. The method was applicable for analysis of plasma from occupationally exposed workers.

Publishing year

1997

Language

English

Pages

331-339

Publication/Series

Journal of Chromatography. B

Volume

691

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Keywords

  • Hexahydrophthalic acid
  • Methylhexahydrophthalic acid

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1387-2273