A. Asthana et al., Determination of aldehydes in water samples by capillary electrophoresis after derivatization with hydrazino benzene sulfonic acid, CHROMATOGR, 48(11-12), 1998, pp. 807-810
A method has been developed for the analysis of environmentally important a
ldehydes in rain water. The method is based on the derivatization of the al
dehydes with hydrazino benzene sulfonic acid, separation of the hydrazones
formed by capillary electrophoresis and UV detection at 280 nm. Derivatizat
ion was shown to be complete in 15 min at 50 degrees C. The aldehyde deriva
tives could be separated from each other and from the excess of reagent usi
ng a pH 9 berate buffer as background electrolyte, with an analysis time of
less than 6 min.
The repeatability was better than 0.5 % for the peak mobilities and in the
order of 2-5 % for the peak areas. Detection limits of 0.8-3 mu mol L-1 (0.
02-0.2 ppm) were obtained. The method was applied for the determination of
formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in rain water samples.