Electro-oxidation and determination of benomyl by square-wave adsorptive stripping voltammetry

J AOAC Int. 2014 Jul-Aug;97(4):995-1000. doi: 10.5740/jaoacint.sgesarigul.

Abstract

The electro-oxidation of the benomyl fungicide was studied by square-wave adsorptive stripping voltammetry. The voltammetric current at a glassy carbon electrode was acquired within the pH range 1.0-10.0. The quantitation was performed using the peak generated at +1144 mV by scanning the potential from +0.00 to +1600 mV (versus an Ag/AgCI reference electrode, 3 M NaCl). Accumulation potential = 0.0 mV, accumulation time=45 s, frequency=75 Hz, pulse amplitude=-60 mV, and staircase step potential = 7 mV were used as square-wave parameters. The peak current versus concentrations plot were rectilinear over the range from 0.081 to 1.496 microg/mL with an LOD of 0.024 microg/mL. Mean recovery was 99.0% (0.198 +/- 0.011 microg/mL), which was very close to the benomyl content spiked into river water (0.20 microg/mL). The method was efficiently applied for benomyl determination in the pesticide formulation Minelate 50WG, and the average determined content of 49.8 +/- 0.16 (n = 5) was consistent with the 50% benomyl (w/w) quoted by the manufacturer. The benomyl voltammograms recorded between days exhibited a negligible degradation into carbendazim metabolite, and therefore all results were given as the total benomyl concentration. The high recoveries and low RSD gave evidence of good accuracy and precision.

MeSH terms

  • Benomyl / analysis*
  • Electrochemical Techniques*
  • Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

  • Benomyl