Evaluation of Analytical Chemical Methods for Detection of Estrogens in the Environment

Derivatisation agents Reference Bis-(trimethylsilyl)triflouroacetamide contaning 10% trimethylchlorosilane (53) N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyltriflouroacetmaide (MTBSTFA) contaning 1% tert-butyldimethylchlorosilane (TBDMCS) (54;55) N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)triflouroacetamide (MSTFA)- trimethylsilylimidazole (TMSI)-dithioerytrol (DTE), 1000:2:2 (v/v/w) (6;56) Heptaflourobutyric anhydride (48) Pentafluoropropionic acid   (56;57) N-methyl-N-trimethylsilyl-2,2,2-triflouroacetamide (MSTFA)- triethylsilyliode (TMSI)-dithioerythritol (DTE) (58) Acetic anhydride (extractive acylation) (59) Triflouroacetyl, heptaflourobutyl, pentadecaflourooctanoyl, and perflourotolyl derivates (GC-NCI-MS mode)   (60) Comparion of performance of derivates both for PCI and NCI (61)