Determination of Chlorbenside Residues Including Its Sulfoxide and Sulfone Oxidation Products

Abstract A method is presented for determining residues of chlorbenside including its sulfoxide and sulfone oxidation products. The method employs the Mills-Onley-Gaither extraction procedure. Chlorbenside and chlorbenside sulfoxide are converted to chlorbenside sulfone by a short oxidation with chromic-acetic acid solution. Chlorbenside sulfone is isolated from interfering pesticides and most oxidation products on an aluminum oxide column and determined by electron capture gas chromatography. Recoveries for mixtures of the three components added to apple samples at 0.3–5 ppm (calculated as chlorbenside) were between 92 and 110%.