An in situ coacervative extraction (IS-CAE) based on a double-solvent supramolecular system coupled to liquid-liquid microextraction is investigated for extraction and enrichment of triazole fungicides. The formation of a double-solvent supramolecular system was generated by in situ formation and used as an extraction solvent for the coacervative extraction method. No disperser solvent was required. This new double-solvent supramolecular system has a higher extraction ability than any of its components alone. The different factors that could affect the extraction capability were studied and optimized, including the type of double extractant and its volume, salt addition, vortex time, and centrifugation time. Under optimum extraction conditions, this method provides high enrichment factors (EFs) of 73-318 with low limits of detection (LODs) of 0.3-1 μg L-1 and limits of quantitation (LOQs) of 1-3 μg L-1. In addition, the proposed method was prosperously applied for the determination of triazole fungicides in water, fruit juice, and soy milk samples.
Keywords: HPLC; double-solvent supramolecular system; extraction; in situ coacervative extraction; triazole fungicides.