A Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) validated, multiresidue analytical method is presented for the determination of the chloroacetanilide herbicides metolachlor, acetochlor, and alachlor, the chloroacetamide herbicide dimethenamid, and their respective ethanesulfonic (ESA) and oxanillic (OA) acid degradates in ground and surface water. A 50-mL water sample is subjected to purification using a C-18 SPE column. The four parent components and their eight ESA and OA degradates are isolated using 80/20 methanol/water (v/v) for elution. The eluate is reduced to < 1.0 mL and reconstituted in 10/90 acetonitrile/water (v/v) to the desired final fraction volume. Final analysis is accomplished using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry in the + (parent compounds) and - (ESA and OA degradates) ion modes by monitoring appropriate precursor/product ion pairs for each of the 12 analytes. The method limit of quantification is 0.10 ppb and the limit of detection is 0.125 ng injected for each analyte. Average procedural recovery data range from 95 to 105% for fortification levels of 0.10-100 ppb. The method validation study was performed following GLP guidelines.

A method is reported for the determination of atrazine and its dealkylated chlorotriazine metabolites in ground, surface, and deionized water. Water samples are adjusted to pH 3-4 prior to loading onto two SPE cartridges in series: C-18 and C-18/cation exchange mixed-mode polymeric phases. The analytes are eluted from each of the two cartridges separately, and the pooled and concentrated fraction is analyzed using gas chromatography-mass selective detection in the selected ion monitoring mode. The lower limit of method validation is 0.10 micrograms/L (ppb) for 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine (atrazine), 2-amino-4-chloro-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine (G-30033, deethylatrazine), 2-amino-4-chloro-6-(ethylamino)-s-triazine (G-28279, deisopropylatrazine), and 2,4-diamino-6-chloro-s-triazine (G-28273, didealkyatrazine). The overall mean procedural recoveries (and standard deviations) are 96 (6.9), 96 (5.5), 95 (6.8), and 100% (10%) for atrazine, G-30033, G-28279, and G-28273, respectively (n = 49). The method validation study was conducted under U.S. EPA FIFRA Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines 40 CFR 160. The reported procedure accounts for residues of G-28273 in water.

A method is reported for the determination of atrazine, simazine, and their respective dealkylated chlorotriazine metabolites in ground, surface, and finished drinking water. Water samples are diluted 1:4 in an injection vial prior to analysis using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS). The lower limit of method validation is 0.10 microg/L (ppb) for 2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-isopropylamino)-s-triazine (atrazine, G-30027), 2-chloro-4, 6-(diethylamino)-s-triazine (simazine, G-27692), 2-amino-4-chloro-6-(isopropylamino)-s-triazine (deethylatrazine, DEA, or G-30033), 2-amino-4-chloro-6-(ethylamino)-s-triazine (deisopropylatrazine, DIA, or G-28279), and 2,4-diamino-6-chloro-s-triazine (didealkylatrazine, DDA, or G-28273). The overall mean procedural recoveries (and % relative standard deviations) for atrazine, simazine, DEA, DIA, and DDA are 98 (4.4), 102 (3.6), 99 (4.8), 103 (4.0), and 109% (4.8%), respectively, in finished drinking water; 108 (2.7), 104 (5.4), 113 (4.5), 111 (5.2), and 105% (5.3%), respectively, in groundwater; and 96 (6.9), 103 (4.2), 102 (4.4), 102 (5.2), and 102% (8.2%), respectively, in surface water. The method validation was conducted under U.S. EPA FIFRA Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines 40 CFR 160.

A multianalyte method is reported for the determination of atrazine, simazine, propazine, and their respective dealkylated chlorotriazine metabolites; ametryn and prometryn and their respective dealkylated thiomethyltriazine metabolites; and S-metolachlor and its ethanesulfonic and oxanilic acid degradates in deionized, ground, surface, and finished drinking water. Water samples are analyzed using direct aqueous injection (DAI) liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-ESI/MS/MS). No preanalysis sample manipulation is required other than transfer of a small portion of sample to an injection vial. The lower limit of the method validation is 0.050 microg/L (ppb) for all analytes except 2,4-diamino-6-chloro- s-triazine (didealkylatrazine, DDA, or G-28273). For this compound the LLMV is 0.50 microg/L (ppb). The overall mean procedural recoveries (and percent relative standard deviations) for all water types for all analytes ranged from 95 to 101% (4.5-11%). The method validation was conducted under U.S. EPA FIFRA Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines 40 CFR 160.