| The current study aims at the extraction and preconcentration of some plasticizers, including dimethyl
phthalate, diethyl phthalate, di-iso-butyl phthalate, di-n-butyl phthalate, di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, and
di-iso-octyl phthalate, migrated into different samples (mineral water, injection serum, orange juice, and
carbonated soft drink) using MIL-68 (Al) in a dispersive micro solid phase extraction method prior to
dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction. The sorbent was characterized using X-ray diffraction, Fourier
transform infrared spectrophotometry, nitrogen adsorption/desorption, scanning electron microscopy,
and energy dispersive X-ray analyses. At first, the analytes are adsorbed on MIL-68 (Al) from a solution
with dissolved Na2SO4. Then, the sorbent particles are separated from the aqueous medium by
centrifugation. Methanol is utilized as an elution solvent to desorb the plasticizers from the sorbent.
Then, the eluent is mixed with carbon tetrachloride at the mL-level and injected into an aqueous solution
containing dissolved Na2SO4. The obtained cloudy solution is centrifuged and an adequate sedimented
extractant is injected into the gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector. Satisfying
figures of merit including high extraction recoveries (50–93%) and enrichment factors (251–466), wide
linear ranges of the calibration curves, and low limits of detection (0.63–1.86 mg L1
) and quantification
(2.08–6.14 mg L1
) were achieved in the present approach. In addition, a small consumption amount of
the sorbent and organic solvents were the highlights of the developed method. |