| In this paper, a fast, sensitive, and selective sample preparation procedure was presented for the determination of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) in refined edible oils using gas chromatographymass spectrometry. In this method, firstly, the sample lipids and analyte fatty esters are saponified by
sodium hydroxide under sonication. After that the analyte was derivatized using phenylboronic acid (as
the derivatization agent) and the obtained derivative was extracted during an air-assisted liquid-liquid
microextraction procedure (AALLME). Six different deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were prepared as the extraction solvents and the most effective extraction for 3-MCPD was obtained in the presence of a natural
DES (NDES) consisting of choline chloride (ChCl)-acetic acid (AcOH). Important variables such as sodium
hydroxide concentration and volume, sonication time, temperature, extraction solvent type and volume,
and phenylboronic acid concentration and volume have been optimized. Using the optimum conditions,
broad linear range (0.88-1000 ng g–1), suitable coefficient of determination (0.995), and low limits of
detection (0.26 ng g–1) and quantification (0.88 ng g−1) were obtained. Relative standard deviations for
intra– (n=8) and inter-day (n=6) precisions at a concentration of 5 ng g−1 were 2.6 and 3.2%, respectively. The developed method has been successfully applied to 3-MCPD determination in refined edible
oil samples including sunflower, corn, and canola oils. |