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The quantitation of butyltin and cyclohexyltin compounds in the marine environment of British Columbia
Author(s) -
Cullen William R,
Eigendorf Guenter K,
Nwata Basil U,
Takatsu Akiko
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/aoc.590040602
Subject(s) - chemistry , seawater , flesh , tin , oyster , chromatography , high performance liquid chromatography , mass spectrometry , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry , food science , ecology , biology
A HPLC/GF AA procedure based on the use of C‐18 columns is described for the quantitation of butyltin species in marine samples. When a mass spectrometer was used as detector (HPLC MS), evidence was obtained for the presence of other tin compounds in the samples. Extracts of samples were treated with CH 3 MgBr and examined by using GC MS; the presence of Bu n SnMe 4− n ( n = 3–1, Bu = butyl) and Cy n SnMe 4− n ( n = 3,2, Cy = cyclohexyl) was confirmed in the derivatized seawater, bivalve flesh, and bivalve shell samples. Quantitative data are given for butyl‐ and cyclohexyl‐tin species in seawater and the surface microlayer, and oyster flesh.