A dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction procedure for determination of boron in water after ultrasound-assisted conversion to tetrafluoroborate.

A novel, simple and green procedure is presented for the determination of boron. The method is based on ultrasound-assisted conversion of boron to tetrafluoroborate anion and the formation of an ion pair between BF(4)(-) and Astra Phloxine reagent (R), followed by dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction of the ion pair formed and subsequent UV-vis spectrophotometric detection. The conversion of boron to tetrafluoroborate anion is performed in an acidic medium of 0.9 mol L(-1) H(2)SO(4) in the presence of 0.1 mol L(-1)F(-) by means of 10 min of ultrasonication. The extraction of the ion pair formed between BF(4)(-) and R (1×10(-4)mol L(-1)R) is carried out by dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction using 0.5 mL of amyl acetate (as extraction solvent), tetrachloromethane (as auxiliary solvent) and acetonitrile (as dispersive solvent) in a ratio of 1:1:2. The absorbance of the coloured extracts obeys Beer's law in the range 0.22-18.7 mg L(-1) of B(III) at 553 nm wavelength. The limit of detection calculated from a blank test (n=10) based on 3s is 0.015 mg L(-1) of B(III). The method was applied to the determination of boron in mineral waters.

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