Novel method for determination of anthracene by coupling dispersive liquid-liquid extraction to first-derivative synchronous spectrofluorimetry.

A novel method could be adopted successfully for determination of anthracene in environmental samples, utilizing dispersive liquid-liquid extraction followed by first-derivative synchronous fluorimetry at a constant wavelength difference Δλ = 165 nm, where a linear calibration curve was obtained in a concentration range of 0.5-100 ng mL(-1) at 244 nm. The detection limit was 0.1 ng mL(-1). The method can be easily adopted for determination of anthracene in aqueous media including tap water and river water. The recoveries obtained were 85.40-108.02%. The proposed method was validated according to International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) guide lines and successfully applied to determine anthracene in pure form and in water samples including real life water samples from different sources. All the results obtained were compared with those of published method, where no a significant difference was observed.