Liquid Chromatographic/Mass Spectrometric Determination of Desmedipham and Phenmedipham and Their Metabolites in Soil
Abstract A simple method is described for the simultaneous determination of residues of 2 carbamate herbicides (phenmedipham and desmedipham) and related metabolites (m-aminophenol, aniline, and m-toluidine) in soil. The analytes are extracted from spiked soils with methanol. The solvent/soil suspension is centrifuged, and the supernatant is directly injected, without any further cleanup, into a reversed-phase liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry apparatus equipped with a TurboIonSpray interface. The method was tested on 5 soils having different physicochemical properties. Recoveries from the soil types, spiked over the range of 50–200 ppb, were essentially quantitative for each analyte. The detection limits of the method are ≤25 ng/g.