Exploring Polypyrrole as Extraction Phase for Disposable Pipette Extraction Method for Multiclass Organic Micro-Pollutant Determination in River and Tap Water Using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

The use of a polypyrrole (PPy) is described as an efficient extraction phase for disposable pipette extraction (DPX), in a fast and ruggedized analytical method for simultaneous determination of 18 organic micro-pollutants in water using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The DPX-blank pipettes were filled with PPy, a material produced through the chemical polymerization of PPy using iron(III) chloride hexahydrate. The optimized conditions were 5 extraction cycles with 600 µL of sample, adjusted to pH 9, and desorption with 150 µL of ethyl acetate using 7 cycles with the same aliq...