Ionic liquid-functionalized covalent organic frameworks on the surface of silica for online solid-phase extraction

A covalent organic framework (COF) was gown on porous silica with 1,3,5-tri(4-aminophenyl)benzene and 2,5-divinyl-1,4-phenyldiformaldehyde as monomers, and two ionic liquids were grafted to COF by a click reaction. The materials before and after the modification of ionic liquids were separately packed into solid-phase extraction columns (10 × 4.6 mm, i.d.), which were coupled with liquid chromatography to construct online analysis systems. The extraction mechanisms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, bisphenols, diphenylalkanes and benzoic acids were investigated on these materials. There were π-π, hydrogen-bond and electrostatic interactions on ionic liquid-functionalized sorbents. After the comparison among these materials, the best sorbent was used, and the analytical method was established and successfully applied to the detection of some estrogens from actual samples. For the analytical method, the detection limit was as low as 0.005 μg L −1 , linear range was as wide as 0.017–10.0 μg L −1 , and enrichment ratio was as high as 3635. The recoveries in actual samples were 70 %-129 %.