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Direct Electrochemical Analysis of Dexamethasone Endocrine Disruptor in Raw Natural Waters

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JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 23 (1): 110-119 (2012)
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-50532012000100016

Abstract

This paper describes an electroanalytical methodology using square-wave adsorptive voltammetry, which has been successfully applied for the direct determination of dexamethasone residues in raw natural waters used for the public supply of the Ceara State, Brazil. The obtained detection limits ranged from 7.47 x 10(-9) to 1.80 x 10(-8) mol L-1 for the three matrices of raw natural waters evaluated. High percentages of average recovery (98.86% +/- 0.72), repeatability (0.32% +/- 0.05) and reproducibility (0.91% +/- 0.20) were obtained in these samples, reaffirming the sensitivity of the procedure. Energy of the LUMO orbitals and Mulliken's atomic charges were calculated using the functional BLYP/DNP. The theoretical results allied to the diagnostic criteria of the square-wave voltammetry indicate that the dexamethasone redox mechanism is associated to the quasi-reversible and irreversible reduction process of the ketone groups located at C-20 and C-3, respectively.

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