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Quantification of Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs) by Deuterodechlorination Combined with Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Yuan Gao, Haijun Zhang, Lili Zou, Ping Wu, Zhengkun Yu, Xianbo Lu, and Jiping Chen Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05115 • Publication Date (Web): 03 Mar 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on March 3, 2016

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ABSTRACT

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Analysis of short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) is extremely difficult because of their

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complex compositions with thousands of isomers and homologues. A novel analytical method,

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deuterodechlorination combined with high resolution gas chromatography–high resolution mass

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spectrometry

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deuterodechlorination of SCCPs with LiAlD4, and the formed deuterated n-alkanes of different

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alkane chains can be distinguished readily from each other on the basis of their retention time

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and fragment mass ([M]+) by HRGC–HRMS. An internal standard quantification of individual

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SCCP congeners was achieved, in which branched C10-CPs and branched C12-CPs were used as

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the extraction and reaction internal standards, respectively. A maximum factor of 1.26 of the

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target SCCP concentrations were determined by this method, and the relative standard deviations

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for quantification of total SCCPs were within 10%. This method was applied to determine the

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congener compositions of SCCPs in commercial chlorinated paraffins, environmental and biota

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samples after method validation. Low-chlorinated SCCP congeners (Cl1–4) were found to account

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for 32.4%–62.4% of the total SCCPs. The present method provides an attractive perspective for

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further studies on the toxicological and environmental characteristics of SCCPs.

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INTRODUCTION

(HRGC–HRMS),

was

developed.

A

protocol

is

applied

in

the

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Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) are synthetic mixtures of chlorinated n-alkanes

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ranging from C10 to C13 with a chlorine content of 30%–70% (mass weight). As a constituent

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part of chlorinated paraffins (CPs), SCCPs are extensively used in metal-working fluids, paints,

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sealants, adhesives, and leather finishing agents as well as flame retardants and plasticizers in

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rubbers and polymers.1 SCCPs are high production volume chemicals with total world

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production of approximately 150 kt per year.1, 2 Most of the SCCPs are used by blending with

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medium (C14−C17) and long (> C17) chain CP components.2 Because of their potential for long-

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range transport, persistence in the environment and high toxicity to aquatic organisms, SCCPs

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have been listed as “candidate” persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by the Convention’s POP

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Review Committee (POPRC).3, 4

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SCCPs have thousands of isomers via free radical chlorination with respect to C10−13 chains

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bonding with various numbers of chlorine atoms and different chlorine positions, and thus it is

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very difficult to completely separate SCCP congeners from each other on a GC capillary column.

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Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) coupled with time-of-flight

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mass spectrometry (TOF/MS) or micro electron capture detection (µECD) can remarkably

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improve the separation of SCCP congeners in the GC section,5,

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chromatographic separation of individual congeners with GC remains impossible.7 Therefore,

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SCCPs have been described as “the most challenging group of substances to analyze and

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quantify”.8

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Nevertheless, complete

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High resolution gas chromatography (HRGC) coupled with high/low resolution mass

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spectrometry (HRMS or LRMS) in electron capture negative ionization (ECNI) mode has been

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most commonly applied for the quantitative analysis of SCCPs in environmental matrices and

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biota.5, 9−14 However, large quantification errors of 65%–940% can occur if the chlorine content

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of the standard was changed or did not fit to the sample,15, 16 which is mainly resulted from the

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strong dependence of the ECNI/MS response factors of SCCP congeners on their chlorine atom

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numbers.7, 17 The highly chlorinated SCCP congeners are prone to have the higher ECNI/MS

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response factors, while the low chlorinated congeners (Cl1−4) are not usually detected by

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ECNI/MS. Many efforts have been made to decrease or offset the influence of chlorination

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contents on the quantification of SCCPs. Zencak et al.10 used a mixture of methane and


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dichloromethane (DCM) (80: 20) as reagent gas for negative ion chemical ionization in

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combination with GC–LRMS. Similar response factors were obtained for SCCP congeners with

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different chlorine contents, opening a possibility of the detection of low chlorinated congeners

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(Cl3–5). However, the methane/DCM reagent mixture can lead to a rapid deterioration of the ion

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source due to the formation of black carbon residues that affect the performance of the MS

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system.18 Reth et al.15 developed a linear relationship between the total response factors and the

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chlorine contents, which improved the precision of the results and has the most frequently been

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used. The linearity range is usually limited to the chlorine contents of 50%−70%, and thus it is

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not suitable for the quantitative analysis of SCCPs with a high proportion of low chlorinated

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congeners (Cl1−4). Harada et al.19 developed a semi-quantitative method for individual SCCP

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congeners with Cl5–9, in which the individual SCCP congeners in samples were calculated using

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a linear regression between the peak areas determined by HRGC–ECNI/HRMS and the

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concentrations determined by HRGC–electron impact ionization (EI)/TOFMS. In addition, based

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on the analysis of GC–ECNI/MS, Geiβ et al.11 developed a multiple linear regression procedure

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for the quantification of total SCCPs with a chlorine content of 49%–67% in water.

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HRMS or LRMS in atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) or chloride-enhanced

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APCI mode have been also developed for the analysis of chlorinated paraffins.20, 21 The response

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factors were less dependent on the chlorination content than in ECNI/MS methods. Nevertheless,

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the low chlorinated SCCPs (Cl1−4) are still not detected. Another interesting analysis approach of

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carbon skeleton reaction gas chromatography was achieved by detecting the corresponding n-

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alkanes generated from the catalytic hydrodechlorination of CPs on a Pd catalyst.22–24 However,

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the information on the chlorination content is lost.


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Accurate quantification of the individual SCCP congeners, especially the low chlorinated

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SCCPs, remains challenging, although interlaboratory studies since 2010 showed improving data

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agreements.7, 25 The environmental fates and toxicities of SCCPs have not yet characterized well

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due to the limitation in analysis method. Reliable measurement data regarding SCCPs are

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strongly desired in view of the ongoing global regulatory actions and deliberations by all

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countries and regulatory bodies.4, 7, 17 In this study, we report a novel approach for the analysis of

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SCCPs based on deuterodechlorination combined with HRGC−EI/HRMS, through which the

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concentrations of individual SCCP congeners with different carbon and chlorine numbers can be

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determined. Reduction of SCCPs with lithium aluminum deuteride (LiAlD4) was conducted in

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ethylene glycol diethyl ether (EGDE), which generated the corresponding deuterated n-alkanes.

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Deuterated n-alkanes were then completely separated on a GC capillary column in according

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with their carbon chain length, rather than the coelution profile of the original SCCPs. The

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molecular ions ([M]+) of the deuterated n-alkanes, reflecting the chlorine distribution of SCCPs,

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were thus monitored. This method enabled us to quantify the individual SCCP congeners even

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with less than 5 chlorine atoms.

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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

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Synthesis of the Calibration Standards for Method Development. A series of SCCP

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calibration standards with fixed carbon chain lengths, C10-CPs, C11-CPs, C12-CPs and C13-CPs,

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were synthesized by the substitution reaction of individual n-alkanes with sulfuryl chloride

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(SO2Cl2). The information on the carbon chain lengths and chlorine contents of the synthetic

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calibration standards are shown in Table S1. Chlorinated 2-methyl nonane (branched C10-CPs)

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and chlorinated 2-methyl undecane (branched C12-CPs), were also synthesized by the

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substitution reaction of 2-methyl nonane and 2-methyl undecane with SO2Cl2, respectively.


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Under argon atmosphere, about 1 mL of alkane was treated with SO2Cl2 (9 mL) in DCM (30

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mL). The reaction mixture was irradiated with UV-light (6 W mercury vapor lamp) and refluxed

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at 70 °C. The reaction was continued for different times in order to obtain SCCP calibration

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standards with different chlorine contents (Table S1). At the end of reaction, the reaction flask

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was placed into an ice-bath and bubbled with a gentle stream of argon for 10 min. The solvent

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and excess SO2Cl2 were removed by distillation at 50–100 oC under atmospheric pressure. The

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residue was cooled to ambient temperature after ice bath, resolved with DCM (40 mL), and then

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washed with saturated NH4Cl (40 mL), saturated NaHCO3 (40 mL) and purified water (40 mL).

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The organic phase was dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and filtered. All the volatiles were removed

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under reduced pressure at 35 oC, and the products were dried in vacuum. The chlorine content of

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the prepared SCCP calibration standards were calculated by the weight difference between the

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substrate alkane and the generated chlorinated alkane (Details in the Supporting Inforamtion).

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The details on all purchased chemicals and reagents are also shown in the Supporting

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Information.

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Procedure for the Deuterodechlorination of SCCPs. Firstly, the saturated solution of

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LiAlD4 in EGDE was prepared. Prior to use, EGDE was distilled by rectifying column with

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sodium reflux. Approximate 0.05 g of LiAlD4 was added into 1.0 mL of the distilled EGDE in a

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reaction vial, and then heated at 110 oC for about 8 h until the upper solution became pellucid.

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The reaction vial was centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10 min. The clear supernatant, i.e., the

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saturated solution of LiAlD4, was used for the deuterodechlorination of SCCPs.

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Sample collection, extraction and cleanup of environmental samples were described in the

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Supporting Information. Prior to extraction, 5 µL of branched C10-CPs (1 µg/µL nonane) was

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spiked into the sample as the extraction internal standard. Alkanes and other organochlorine


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compounds in environmental samples have been found to interfere with the instrumental analysis

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and the deuterodechlorination reaction, respectively. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and

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a successive silica gel and basic alumina columns have been used for the removal of lipids and

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other organochlorine compounds in samples.26 The SCCP-containing extract was concentrated to

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about 1 mL, and then transferred to a micro-reaction vial. 5 µL of branched C12-CPs (1 µg/µL

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nonane) was spiked into the micro-reaction vial as the reaction internal standard, and then

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concentrated to near dryness by a gentle stream of N2. The deuterodechlorination of SCCPs was

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conducted in a glove box with the moisture content of < 1 ppm. 100 µL of the saturated solution

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of LiAlD4 in EGDE was added into the micro-reaction vial containing SCCPs, and then heated at

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90 oC for 72 h under nitrogen atmosphere. After reaction, the solution was transferred to a screw

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thread GC vial. The micro-reaction vial was further rinsed by 100 µL of DCM for three times,

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and then the rinse solution was combined with the reaction solution. The reaction was quenched

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by adding 100 µL of the deionized water to the solution dropwise, while the deionized water was

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further absorbed by about 0.3 g of anhydrous Na2SO4. The supernatant liquid was transferred to

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another GC vial after centrifugation, and concentrated to near dryness by a gentle stream of N2.

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50 µL of n-hexane containing phenanthrene as the injection internal standard was added, and the

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vial was mixed by vortexing prior to instrumental analysis.

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Instrumental Analysis. The generated deuterated alkanes were analyzed using an Autospec

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Ultima high resolution mass spectrometer (Micromass, UK) interfaced with a Hewlett– Packard

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(Palo Alto, CA, USA) 6890 Plus gas chromatograph. A capillary DB-5 column (60 m × 0.25 mm

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i.d. × 0.25 µm film thickness, J&W Scientific, USA) was used. A sample volume of 1 µL was

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injected in the splitless mode with an injector temperature of 280 °C, which was made by a CTC

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A200SE autosampler under data system control. The oven temperature program was as follows:


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50 °C, isothermal for 0.5 min, then 20 °C/min to 80 °C, keeping 8 min, then 5 °C/min to 280 °C,

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and final isothermal for 20 min. The ion source was operated at 260 °C, and the mass

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spectrometer was tuned to a mass resolution of 5000 under positive EI conditions. The molecular

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ion clusters, [M]+, of the formed deuterated alkanes, were monitored in SIM mode, and four

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windows during the scanning were divided to improve the efficiency. The m/z values of the

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monitored ions for deuterated alkanes with different carbon chain lengths and deuterium atom

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numbers are shown in Table S2.

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In order to develop and validate the deuterodechlorination combined with HRGC–EI/HRMS

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method for SCCP analysis, SCCPs in some samples were also analyzed by the traditional

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HRGC–ECNI/LRMS method, carbon skeleton reaction GC with flame ionisation detection (FID)

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method and the deuterodechlorination combined with HRGC–EI/LRMS method. The detailed

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conditions for instrumental analysis are described in the Supporting Information.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Optimization for the Deuterodechlorination Reaction of SCCPs. In our case, LiAlD4 was

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selected as the deuterium sources. The corresponding deuterated n-alkanes were formed as the

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major products (Figure S1). Preliminary experiments were carried out to improve the

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deuterodechlorination rates of SCCPs, which was calculated as the percentage of SCCPs reacted

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to the corresponding deuterated n-alkanes (Detailed equations see the Supporting Information).

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The influences of reaction temperature and reaction time on deuterodechlorination rates of

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SCCPs were investigated. Two kinds of SCCP mixture stock standard solutions (51% Cl and

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63 %Cl, respectively, purchased from Dr. Ehrenstorfer GmbH, Augsburg, Germany) were tested,

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and the generated deuterated n-alkanes were analyzed using HRGC–EI/LRMS method. The

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deuterodechlorination rates exhibited an increasing tendency with the increase of the reaction


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time, whereas higher temperature depressed the generation of the corresponding deuterated n-

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alkanes (Tables S3 and S4). The highest deuterodechlorination rates for the reduction of SCCPs

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was obtained at 90 oC for 96 h. Under this condition, 56.4% and 47.6% of SCCPs in two tested

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SCCP mixture standards (51% Cl and 63 % Cl,) have been deuterodechlorinated to the

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corresponding deuterated n-alkanes, respectively. During the deuterodechlorination reaction of

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SCCPs with LiAlD4, deuterated n-alkenes were generated (Figure S2). The relative abundance of

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the deuterated n-alkenes decreased with the decreasing of the reaction temperature. A small

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quantity

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deuterodechlorination reaction (Figure S3), which was discussed in details in the Supporting

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Information.

of

low

chlorinated

deuterated

n-alkanes

was

also

formed

during

the

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Fractionation and MS Detection. The formed deuterated n-alkanes were eluted from a DB-5

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column, in which the deuterated n-alkanes were completely separated according to the number

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of carbon atoms (Figure 1a). The chromatography profiles of the formed deuterated n-alkanes

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were similar to the n-alkane distribution patterns determined by carbon skeleton reaction with

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GC/FID (Figure S4).

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The EI mode was used to ionize the individual deuterated n-alkanes. Figure 2 illustrated the EI

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mass spectra of the deuterated n-tridecane generated from the deuterodechlorination of the SCCP

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mixture standard (C10–13, 51% Cl) and synthesized SCCP calibration standard (C13, 65.3% Cl),

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respectively. The resultant mass spectra were dominated by the fragment ion clusters with low

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mass-to-charge ratios (m/z), such as [C3H6D]+, [C3H5D2]+, [C4H8D]+, [C4H7D2]+, [C5H9D2]+

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[C5H8D3]+, [C6H11D2]+and [C6H9D4]+. Meanwhile, the molecular ion clusters, [M]+, of the

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deuterated n-alkanes with different deuterium atom numbers, reflecting the chlorine distributions

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of SCCPs, were also detected (enlarged images in Figure 2). Because of the low abundances of


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the molecular ion clusters, HRMS was used to improve the selectivity and minimize matrix

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interference as well as interferences from deuterated n-alkenes, low-chlorinated deuterated n-

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alkanes and

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quantification of individual SCCP congeners with different carbon and chlorine numbers, the

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SIM mode was adopted to monitor the molecular ion clusters of the formed deuterated n-alkanes.

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The SIM chromatograms of the deuterated n-alkanes generated from the deuterodechlorination

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of the SCCP mixture standard (C10–13, 51% Cl) is shown in Figure 1b. The influence of the

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deuterium atom numbers on the response factors of the deuterated n-alkanes was investigated. As

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compared with that of n-octane, the relative response factor of the molecular ion [M]+ of n-

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octane-d18 (Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc., Andover, MA, USA) only increased by 0.16-

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fold (Figure S5). This result reveals that the deuteration degree does not exhibit an obvious

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impact on the signal intensities of the individual deuterated n-alkanes generated from SCCPs

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usually containing 3−10 chlorine atoms. Therefore, the chlorine distribution of SCCPs can be

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calculated according to the deuteration degree of the formed deuterated n-alkanes with different

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deuterium atom numbers. The calculated chlorine contents in two tested SCCP mixture standards

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(51% Cl and 63% Cl) were 50.0% and 60.9%, respectively. The chlorine distribution on the

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fixed carbon chain is nearly conformed to a Gaussian curve (Figure S6).

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C isotope (Details in the Supporting Information). To achieve simultaneous

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Quantitative Analysis of SCCPs in Samples. An internal standard calibration method for

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SCCP quantification was developed. Branched C10-CPs and branched C12-CPs were used as the

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extraction and the reaction internal standards, respectively. They have not been detected in

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commercial chlorinated paraffins, environmental samples or biota samples (see the Supporting

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Information). Similar behaviors of the extraction internal standard were found in sample

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extraction and column cleanup procedures with SCCPs. The average recoveries of branched C10-


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CPs were calculated to be 92.5% (see the Supporting Information). The deuterodechlorination

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rates of branched C10-CPs and branched C12-CPs were also evaluated, which were calculated to

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be 50.7% and 55.1%, respectively, under the optimized condition. Their deuterodechlorination

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products, deuterated 2-methyl nonane and deuterated 2-methyl undecane, can be completely

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separated from the deuterated n-alkanes on the DB-5 column. The molecular ion clusters of the

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deuterated branched-chain alkanes exhibited relative lower signal intensities due to the isomeric

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effects. By comparing the standard mass spectrums from NIST database, the relative signal

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intensity of 2-methyl nonane was found to be about 20% of the value of n-decane. In this study,

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the

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deuterodechlorination rates, and however the relative signal intensity of the generated deuterated

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2-methyl nonane was only about 15% of the value of the generated deuterated n-decane.

extraction

internal

standard

and

straight-chain

C10-CPs

have

the

similar

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To quantify the indivdual SCCP congeners, the relative correction factor (RCFi) of individual

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deuterated n-alkane with fixed carbon chain length (i) generated from the SCCP calibration

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standard compared to the deuterated 2-methyl nonane generated from the extraction internal

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standard, was calculated according to eq. 1.

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RCFi =

Qd-IS TAd-CS, i × Qd-CS, i TAd-IS

(1)

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where Qd-IS and Qd-CS, i are the theoretical masses of deuterated 2-methyl nonane and deuterated

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n-alkanes generated from the extraction internal standard and SCCP calibration standard,

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respectively; TAd-IS and TAd-CS, i are the actually measured total peak areas of deuterated 2-methyl

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nonane and deuterated n-alkanes generated from the extraction internal standard and SCCP

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calibration standard, respectively. The total peak area was the sum of the peak areas of individual

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deuterated alkanes with different deuterium atom numbers monitored in SIM mode. Three

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replicates were applied for each SCCP calibration standard. The relative standard deviations of


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RCFi values for each SCCP calibration standard with fixed carbon chain length and different

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chlorine contents were within 30% (Table S5).

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The theoretical masses of deuterated 2-methyl nonane and deuterated n-alkanes, i. e. Qd-IS and Qd-CS, i, can be calculated according to eq. 2 and 3, respectively.

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Qd-IS = QIS × (1 −

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Qd-CS, i = QCS, i × (1 −

M Cl − M D × K IS ) M Cl

(2)

M Cl − M D × K CS, i ) M Cl

(3)

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where QIS

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standard, respectively; MCl and MD are the molecular weights of Cl atom (average: 35.5) and D

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atom, respectively; KIS and KCS, i are the chlorine contents (mass percentage) of the extraction

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internal standard and SCCP calibration standard, respectively.

and

QCS, i are the masses of the extraction internal standard and SCCP calibration

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Combining eqs. 1−3, the RCFi values of SCCP homologues with fixed carbon chain lengths

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can be obtained. According to the calculation procedure described above, the obtained RCFi

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generally reflect the deviation in the deuterodechlorination rates, sample preparation and

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instrumental response between deuterated n-alkanes and deuterated branched-chain alkanes. As

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shown in Figure 3a, there are no statistically significant differences in RCFi values among C10-

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CPs, C11-CPs and C12-CPs; whereas C13-CPs showed higher RCFi values compared with C10-CPs

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and C12-CPs. Meanwhile, for the different SCCP homologues with fixed carbon chain lengths,

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the RCFi values did not present a consistent variation with the change of the chlorine content

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(Figure 3b). As a whole, the RCFi values seemed to be independent on the chlorine contents.

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Therefore, the RCFi values of individual SCCP homologues with fixed carbon chain lengths and

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different chlorine contents could be considered as constants.


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In view of the similar deuterodechlorination probability of individual SCCP congeners, the

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abundances of deuterated n-alkanes with different deuterium atom numbers can reflect the

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quantities of the individual SCCP congeners. Therefore, the chlorine content of SCCPs with

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fixed carbon chain length (Ki, %) can be calculated from the deuteration degree of the formed

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deuterated n-alkanes and their relative abundances according to eq. 4. 1− n

Ki = ∑ j Ri, j ×

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j × M Cl M formula

(4)

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where j is the number of deuterium atoms, and n is the maximum number of deuterium atoms.

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Mformula is the molecular weight of the individual SCCP congener, which can be calculated by the

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molecular formula. Ri, j is the relative abundance (%) of each deuterated n-alkane with fixed

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carbon chain length (i) and different number of deuterium atoms (j) compared to the total amount

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of the individual deuterated n-alkane with fixed carbon chain length (i), which can be calculated

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according to eq. 5.

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Ri, j =

Ad −CS, i, j TAd −CS, i

×100%

(5)

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where Ad-CS, i, j is the peak area of the deuterated n-alkane with fixed carbon chain length and

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fixed deuterium atom number generated from the SCCP calibration standard. It was found that

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the calculated chlorine contents in SCCP calibration standards were very close to those values

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measured by the weight difference, with a linear slope factor of 0.97 (Figure 3c).

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In view of the fact that individual SCCP homologues with fixed carbon chain length and

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different chlorine contents had similar RCF values, average RCFi value ( RCFi ) was used for the

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quantification of individual SCCP homologues in actual samples. According to eq. 1, the

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following equation can be obtained:


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Qd-IS Qd-sample, i

×

TAd-sample, i TAd-IS

(6)

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where Qd-sample, i and TAd-sample, i are the actually determined mass and total peak area of the

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deuterated n-alkanes with fixed carbon chain length (i) generated from SCCPs in the sample,

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respectively. The total peak area was the sum of the peak areas of individual deuterated n-

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alkanes with fixed carbon chain length and different deuterium atom numbers monitored in SIM

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mode.

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According to eq. 3, Qd-sample, i can be expressed by the following equation:

Qd-sample, i = Qsample, i × (1 −

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M Cl − M D × Ksample, i ) M Cl

(7)

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where Qsample, i and Ksample, i are the mass and chlorine content of the individual SCCP homologue

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with fixed carbon chain length (i) in the sample, respectively. Qsample, i can be expressed by eq. 8

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after combining eqs. 6 and 7.

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Qsample, i =

Qd-IS TAd-sample, i M Cl × × TAd-IS M Cl − ( M Cl − M D ) × K sample, i RCF

(8)

According to eq. 8, the total mass of SCCPs in the sample (Qsample) can be calculated by the following equation: 10−13

Qsample = ∑ i

 Qd-IS TAd-sample, i  M Cl × ×   TAd-IS M Cl − ( M Cl − M D ) × Ksample,i   RCF

(9)

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Considering the chlorine atoms in SCCPs is one-to-one replaced by deuterium atoms, the mass

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of the individual SCCP congeners with fixed carbon chain length and fixed number of chlorine

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atoms (Qsample-i,j) can be calculated based on the relative abundance (Ri, j) of the individual

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deuterated n-alkanes as follows:


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Qsample-i. j = Qsample, i × Ri, j =

Qd-IS TAd-sample, i M Cl × × × Ri, j TAd-IS M Cl − ( M Cl − M D ) × K sample, i RCF

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where i and j are the carbon chain length and number of chlorine atoms, respectively. Table S6

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and S7 listed the Ri, j values for each deuterated n-alkane in actual samples. The sum of Ri, j

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values for individual homologue with fixed carbon chain length (i) was 1.

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Method Performance. Method performance of the whole analytical procedure was

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investigated according to EURACHEM and EPA guidelines.27, 28 Method selectivity and linearity,

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instrumental detection limit (IDL) of n-alkanes and method detection limit (MDL) of SCCPs,

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have been evaluated in the Supporting Information. There was a good linearity (R2 > 0.99) in the

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range of 17−212 µg/L for the four kinds of n-alkanes with diferent carbon chain lengths, n-

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decane, n-undecane, n-dodecane and n-tridecane n-alkane, respectively (Figure S7). The IDL

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value for n-alkanes (C10−C13) was estimated to be 1.5 pg at a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of 3: 1,

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respectively. The blank sediment sample was prepared using Soxhlet extraction until no

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detectable quantities of SCCPs analyzed by HRGC−ECNI/LRMS method. The MDL value for

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total SCCPs, calculated as 3-fold the standard deviation of SCCPs in blank sediment samples,

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was 33 ng/g (n = 8). The value was a little higher than that by ECNI/LRMS method (14 ng/g)3,

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which was undoubtedly sensitive for high chlorinated SCCPs. The average chlorine content of

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SCCPs in blank sendiment samples was calculated to be 55.0%.

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Four kinds of SCCP homologue stock standard solutions (C10-CPs, 60.09% Cl; C11-CPs,

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55.2% Cl; C12-CPs, 65.08% Cl; C13-CPs, 65.18% Cl; 10 ng/µL in cyclohexane) and a SCCP

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mixture stock standard solution (C10–13; 51% Cl, 100 ng/µL in cyclohexane) were used to test the

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reliablity of deuterodechlorination combined with HRGC−EI/HRMS method for the analysis of

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SCCPs. The determined mass and chlorine content of SCCPs were shown in Table S8. The

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relative errors between the expected and the determined values were within 21% for the


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quantification of total SCCPs, and within 6% for the chlorine content. The relative standard

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deviations of the determined values were within 10% for the concentration of total SCCPs, and

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within 1% for the chlorine content.

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The method repeatability and precision for the analysis of SCCPs in environmental samples

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were evaluated using the blank sediment sample. Approximately 5 g of the blank sediment

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sample was spiked with the SCCP homologue stock standard solutions (C10-CPs, 60.09% Cl;

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C11-CPs, 55.2% Cl; C12-CPs, 65.08% Cl; C13-CPs, 65.18% Cl; 10 ng/µL in cyclohexane) and the

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internal standards, respectively. Sample pretreatment, deuterodechlorination reaction and

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quantification of SCCPs were conducted. The relative errors between the expected and the

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determined values were within 26% for the quantification of total SCCPs, and within 7% for the

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chlorine content (Table S9). The relative standard deviations of the determined values were

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within 10% for the concentration of total SCCPs, and within 1% for the chlorine content.

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The recoveries of the extraction (Rex) and reaction internal standard (Rre) have been used for

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the evaluation of the sample pretreatment and deuterodechlorination reaction in samples,

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respectively. They were calculated as described in details in the Supporting Information, taking

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the EPA 1613 method as a reference.28 The recoveries of the extraction internal standard

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throughout the sample pretreatment were above 75% (Table S9) while the recoveries of the

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reaction internal standard were above 79% (Table S8, S9).

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Analysis of SCCPs in Commercial CP Products and Environmental Samples. The

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concentrations and chlorine contents of SCCPs and their individual homologue groups in

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commercial CP products, sediment and biota samples, respectively, were analyzed. The contents

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of SCCPs in the three commercial CP mixtures, CP-42 (CPs with a chlorine content of 42%),

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CP-52 and CP-70, were determined to be 3.1%, 40.2% and 1.7%, respectively (Table S10). The


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corresponding chlorine contents of the SCCPs were determined to be 42.9%, 54.9% and 65.2%,

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respectively. The contents of SCCPs in CP-42 and CP-70 products were relatively low (< 5%),

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while high content of SCCPs was found in CP-52. The results were also in agreement with those

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values determined by HRGC–ECNI/LRMS.12 Significant differences in SCCP homologue

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profiles have been found among the three commercial CP products (Figure S8). C10-CPs

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predominated in the congener profiles in CP-42 while the amounts of the four homologues were

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comparable in CP-52 and CP-70 products. The chlorine profiles of the SCCP homologues with

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fixed carbon chain length almost exhibited a Gaussian distribution. Similar chlorine contents of

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the individual SCCP homologues have been found. The most abundant chlorine congeners were

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Cl2–4 congeners in CP-42, Cl5–6 congeners in CP-52, Cl8–10 congeners in CP-70, respectively.

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The concentrations of total SCCPs in two sediment samples were determined to be 2.71 µg/g

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dry weight (dw) and 3.28 µg/g dw, with chlorine contents of 52.9% and 52.4%, respectively

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(Table S11). The concentrations of the total SCCPs in the loach and frog sample were

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determined to be 4.92 µg/g dw and 4.49 µg/g dw, respectively, corresponding to the chlorine

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contents of 47.6% and 52.0%, respectively (Table S11). A near Gaussian distribution was also

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found in the chlorine profile of the SCCP homologues with fixed carbon chain length in the

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sediment and biota samples (Figure 4). The longest chain C13-CPs were the predominant

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congeners of SCCPs in sediment samples, followed by C12-CPs, C11-CPs and C10-CPs. The Cl4–6

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congeners were the most abundant congeners in the sediment samples. Smaller differences

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among the concentrations of the four SCCP homologues were indicated in biota samples. The

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Cl4 congeners showed the highest abundances in the loach sample while more congeners have

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been detected in the frog sample. It was found that Cl4-8 congeners for C10-CPs and C11-CPs, and

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Cl3-5 congeners for C12-CPs and C13-CPs predominated in the congener profile.


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In addition, we analyzed the sediment and biota samples by the HRGC–ECNI/LRMS method

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(Table S12). As compared to the HRGC–ECNI/LRMS analysis, the results obtained by

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deuterodechlorination combined with HRGC−EI/HRMS showed higher concentrations of total

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SCCPs and lower chlorine content (Table S11, S12). The concentrations and chlorine contents of

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SCCPs determined by the deuterodechlorination combined with HRGC−EI/HRMS were

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1.7−13.6 times and 0.82−0.90 times the values determined by HRGC–ECNI/LRMS method,

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respectively. This result should be partly attributed to the detection of a larger quantity of low

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chlorinated SCCP congeners (Cl1−4), which are ignored by the HRGC−ECNI/LRMS analysis.29

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In our study, SCCPs with Cl1−4 accounted for 32.4%−62.4% of the total SCCPs in the tested

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sediment and biota samples. The large quantitive difference of total SCCPs between carbon

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skeleton analysis and GC–ECNI/LRMS analysis was also observed by Hussy et al., who found

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that the concentrations of SCCPs in sediments determined by carbon skleton reaction combined

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with GC/FID were 0.4−50 times the values determined by GC‒ECNI/LRMS.30

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In this work, we present a new analytical method for SCCPs, i.e. deuterodechlorination

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combined with HRGC−EI/HRMS. This analytical approach can achieve accurate quantification

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of individual SCCP congeners, and the method reliability can be ensured by internal standard

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calibration. This method overcomes some disadvantages of the previously reported ECNI/MS

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methods. SCCP congeners with Cl1−4 can be detected, and the calculated concentration of SCCPs

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does not considerably depend on the distribution profile of SCCP congeners in the selected

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analytical standards. The present method can simultaneously acquire both carbon and chlorine

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profiles of SCCPs, which guarantees a promising application in further studies on the

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toxicological and environmental characteristics of SCCPs.

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Supporting Information. Detail information on chemicals and reagents, sample collection

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and pretreatment, instrumental analysis, generation of byproducts and their interferences, method

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performance, calculation of the deuterodechlorination rates and recoveries; tables showing the

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calibration standards for method development (Table S1), m/z values of the molecular ions [M]+

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for the deuterated n-alkanes (Table S2), deuterodechlorination rates and calculated chlorine

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contents of SCCPs (Table S3, S4), calculated RCF and Ri,

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quantitative results of SCCP congeners in different stock standard solutions, commercial CPs,

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sediment and biota samples (Tables S8−S11), and the concentrations and chlorine contents of

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SCCPs in sediment and biota samples analyzed by HRGC−ECNI/LRMS (Table S12); figures

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showing the reduction of SCCPs with LiAlD4 (Figure S1), mass spectra and HRGC‒EI/LRMS

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chromatogram for the products from the deuterodechlorination (Figure S2, S3), the SCCP

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homologue profiles determined by the deuterodechlorination combined with HRGC−EI/HRMS

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and carbon skeleton reaction with GC/FID (Figure S4), the dependence of the relative response

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factor on the deuteration degree of n-octane (Figure S5), congener profiles of SCCPs in standard

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mixtures and commercial CP mixtures (Figure S6, S8), and linear correlation between the n-

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alkane concentrations and its relative peak areas determined by HRGC−EI/HRMS (Figure S7).

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This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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* Phone/fax: +86-411-8437-9562; E-mail: [email protected]

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Notes

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The patent (CN104181266 A) is relevant to the deuterodechlorination reaction and quantification

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method principle of SCCPs and MCCPs.


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values (Tables S5−S7), the

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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(Grant No. 21307128 and 21337002), the Chinese National Basic Research Program (Grant No.

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2015CB453100), and the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (Grant

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No. 201503108).

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C11 C13

C10

D13

b

D12 D11 D10

Relative abundance

D9 D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1

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Figure 1. HRGC–EI/HRMS TIC (a) and SIM (b) chromatograms of deuterated n-decane (C10), deuterated n-

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undecane (C11), deuterated n-dodecane (C12), and deuterated n-tridecane (C13), respectively, produced from the

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deuterodechlorination of the SCCP mixture standard (C10–13, 51% Cl). D1 to D13 represents the number of

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deuterium atom substitutation in the corresponding deuterated n-alkanes.

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Figure 2. LRMS spectrum of the yielding deuterated n-tridecane from the deuterodechlorination of SCCP

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mixture standard (C10–13, 51% Cl) (a) and synthesized SCCP calibration standard (C13, 65.3% Cl) (b) in full

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scan mode. [M]+ represents the molecular ion clusters.

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C10-CPs C11-CPs

40

C12-CPs C13-CPs

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RCF

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10

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deuteration degree (%)

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50

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70

70

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y = 0.974x R2 = 0.932

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40 40 50 60 70 Cl content on mass basis (%)

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Figure 3. Variation of RCF values with carbon chain lengths (a) and chlorine contents (b) of SCCPs as well as

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the correlation between the chlorine contents calculated from the deuteration degree and those calculated from

544

the weight differences (c). A total of 20 synthetic SCCP calibration standards with fixed carbon chain lengths

545

(C10, C11, C12, and C13) were adopted, each of which consisted of 5 chlorine contents (41.1%−69.6%). Three

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replicates were applied for each SCCP calibration standard. * represents the significant differences of RCF

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values at 0.05 level.

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C10-CPs

C11-CPs

C12-CPs

C13-CPs

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Concentration (µg/g)

0.2 0.1 0.0

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Frog

0.2 0.1 0.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121314

Chlorine atom number

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Figure 4. Congener profiles of SCCPs in sediment and biota samples determined by the method of

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deuterodechlorination combined with HRGC–EI/HRMS.

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