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Performance of the linear ion trap Orbitrap mass analyzer for qualitative and quantitative analysis of drugs of abuse and relevant metabolites in sewage water

Bijlsma, Lubertus; Emke, Erik; Hernandez, Felix; de Voogt, Pim

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This work illustrates the potential of liquid chromatography coupled to a hybrid linear ion trap Fourier Transform Orbitrap mass spectrometer for the simultaneous identification and quantification of 24 drugs of abuse and relevant metabolites in sewage water. The developed methodology consisted of automatic solid-phase extraction using Oasis HLB cartridges, chromatographic separation of the targeted drugs, full-scan accurate mass data acquisition under positive electrospray ionization mode over an m/z range of 50–600 Da at a resolution of 30,000 FWHM and simultaneous MSn measurements to obtain information of fragment ions generated in the linear ion trap. Accurate mass of the protonated molecule, together with at least one nominal mass product ion and retention time allowed the confident identification of the compounds detected in these complex matrices. In addition to the highly reliable qualitative analysis, Orbitrap analyzer also proved to have satisfactory potential for quantification at sub-ppb analyte levels, a possibility that has been very little explored in the literature until now. The limits of quantification ranged from 4 to 68 ng L−1 in influent sewage water, and from 2 to 35 ng L−1 in effluent, with the exception of MDA, morphine and THC that presented higher values as a consequence of the high ionization suppression in this type of samples. Satisfactory recoveries (70–120%) and precision (<30%) for the overall procedure were obtained for all compounds with the exception of meta-chlorophenylpiperazine, methylphenidate and ketamine. Isotope-labelled internal standards were added to sewage samples as surrogates in order to correct for matrix effects and also for possible losses during sample treatment. The methodology developed was applied to sewage water samples from the Netherlands (influent and effluent), and the results were compared with those obtained by LC–MS/MS with triple quadrupole. Several drugs of abuse could be identified and quantified, mainly MDMA, benzoylecgonine, codeine, oxazepam and temazepam. Orbitrap also showed potential for retrospective investigation of ketamine metabolites in the samples without the need of additional analysis.

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Tí ulo a ículo / Tí ol a icle: Pe o mance o he LTQ-O bi ap mass analyze o quali a i e and quan i a i e analysis o d ugs o abuse and ele an me aboli es in sewage wa e Au o es / Au o s Lube us Bijlsmaa, E ik Emke, Félix He nández, Pim de Voog Re is a: Analy ica Chimica Ac a, . 768 (2013) Ve sión / Ve sió: P ep in de l’au o Ci a bibliog á ica / Ci a bibliog à ica (ISO 690): BIJLSMA, L.; EMKE, E.; HERNÁNDEZ, F.; DE VOOGT, P. Pe o mance o he LTQ-O bi ap mass analyze o quali a i e and quan i a i e analysis o d ugs o abuse and ele an me aboli es in sewage wa e . Analy ical Chimica Ac a, . 768 (2103), p. 102-110 u l Reposi o i UJI: h p:// eposi o i.uji.es/xmlui/handle/10234/94472 1/22 Pe o mance o he LTQ-O bi ap mass analyze o quali a i e and quan i a i e analysis o d ugs o abuse and ele an me aboli es in sewage wa e Lube us Bijlsmaa,§, E ik Emkeb, Félix He nándeza, Pim de Voog b,c,* 5 a Resea ch Ins i u e o Pes icides and Wa e , Uni e si y Jaume I, A da. Sos Bayna s/n, E- 12071 Cas ellón, Spain. b KWR Wa e cycle Resea ch Ins i u e, Chemical Wa e Quali y and Heal h, P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB Nieuwegein, he Ne he lands. c Ins i u e o Biodi e si y and Ecosys em Dynamics, Uni e si y o Ams e dam, P.O. Box 10 94248, 1090 GE Ams e dam, he Ne he lands §Visi ing scien is a KWR * Co esponding au ho : [email p o ec ed], Tel +31 20 5256565, Fax +31 20 5257431. 15 2/22 ABSTRACT This wo k illus a es he po en ial o liquid ch oma og aphy coupled o a hyb id linea ion ap Fou ie T ans o m O bi ap mass spec ome e o he simul aneous iden i ica ion and quan i ica ion o 24 d ugs o abuse and ele an me aboli es in sewage wa e . The de eloped 20 me hodology consis ed o au oma ic solid-phase ex ac ion using Oasis HLB ca idges, ch oma og aphic sepa a ion o he a ge ed d ugs, ull-scan accu a e mass da a acquisi ion unde posi i e elec osp ay ioniza ion mode o e an m/z ange o 50 - 600 Da a a esolu ion o 30,000 FWHM and simul aneous MSn measu emen s o ob ain in o ma ion o agmen ions gene a ed in he linea ion ap. Accu a e mass o he p o ona ed molecule, oge he wi h 25 a leas one nominal mass p oduc ion and e en ion ime allowed he con iden iden i ica ion o he compounds de ec ed in hese complex ma ices. In addi ion o he highly eliable quali a i e analysis, O bi ap analyze also p o ed o ha e sa is ac o y po en ial o quan i ica ion a sub-ppb analy e le els, a possibili y ha has been e y li le explo ed in he li e a u e un il now. The limi s o quan i ica ion anged om 4 o 68 ng L-1 in in luen sewage 30 wa e , and om 2 o 35 ng L-1 in e luen , wi h he excep ion o MDA, mo phine and THC ha p esen ed highe alues as a consequence o he high ioniza ion supp ession in his ype o samples. Sa is ac o y eco e ies (70 – 120%) and p ecision (< 30%) o he o e all p ocedu e we e ob ained o all compounds wi h he excep ion o me a- chlo ophenylpipe azine, me hylphenida e and ke amine. Iso ope-labelled in e nal s anda ds 35 we e added o sewage samples as su oga es in o de o co ec o ma ix e ec s and also o possible losses du ing sample ea men . The me hodology de eloped was applied o sewage wa e samples om he Ne he lands (in luen and e luen ), and he esul s compa ed wi h hose ob ained by LC-MS/MS wi h iple quad upole. Se e al d ugs o abuse could be iden i ied and quan i ied, mainly MDMA, benzoylecgonine, codeine, oxazepam and 40 emazepam. O bi ap also showed po en ial o e ospec i e in es iga ion o ke amine me aboli es in he samples wi hou he need o addi ional analysis. Keywo ds 45 D ugs o abuse, accu a e mass, O bi ap analyze , high esolu ion mass spec ome y, quan i a i e analysis, sewage wa e . 3/22 1. INTRODUCTION 50 The p esence o d ugs o abuse, unal e ed o as me aboli es, in he wa e cycle has spu ed esea che s on o in es iga e hei occu ence in sewage wa e , su ace wa e and d inking wa e [1-3]. Al hough concen a ions ound a e gene ally low (sub µg L-1 le el), da a ob ained om analysis o u ban was ewa e can be used o s udy consump ion and usage ends in communi ies [4]. Fu he mo e, en i onmen al loads can be calcula ed, as hei 55 po en ial impac on aqua ic o ganisms, human heal h and he en i onmen may no be uled ou [1]. Mos o he exis ing me hods o de e mina ion o d ugs o abuse in wa e a e based on liquid ch oma og aphy coupled o andem mass spec ome y (LC-MS/MS), using iple quad upole (QqQ) analyze s. Despi e i s excellen sensi i i y and selec i i y , his app oach 60 also has some limi a ions [5, 6], he main being ha o he d ugs, di e en om hose included in he scope o he me hod, may be igno ed in analyses, as analy e speci ic in o ma ion is acqui ed and only he a ge analy es a e no mally de ec ed and quan i ied. The inc easing in e es o using accu a e mass High Resolu ion Mass Spec ome e s (HRMS), e.g. O bi ap and ime-o - ligh (TOF) ins umen s, in en i onmen al sciences elies on i s capabili y o 65 pe o m bo h a ge ed as well as non- a ge ed analysis, based on ull-spec um accu a e-mass acquisi ion a good sensi i i y [7]. E icien sc eening s a egies using HRMS ha e allowed he de ec ion and iden i ica ion o a ious d ugs o abuse in en i onmen al and was ewa e samples, in some cases e en wi hou he need o e e ence s anda ds, bu wi h high con idence due o he high mass accu acy measu emen s [8, 9]. 70 Ad an ages o HRMS a e widely ecognized in quali a i e analysis; howe e HRMS- based quan i a i e analyses ha e ha dly been explo ed in he scien i ic li e a u e un il now. One o he classical c i icisms conce ns he ela i e low sensi i i y and low linea dynamic ange. This limi a ion was mo e e iden in he i s -gene a ion ins umen s, e.g. i s LC-TOF MS. Howe e , he imp o ed echnology o he la es TOF ins umen s, i.e. highe sensi i i y 75 and esol ing powe , and wide linea dynamic ange, p o ides be e quan i a i e capabili ies. This has allowed quan i ica ion o pes icides, pha maceu icals and illici d ugs in was ewa e by using LC-TOF MS [10, 11]. As o O bi ap ins umen s, good quan i a i e pe o mances, i.e. high sensi i i y and selec i i y, ha e been demons a ed in some applied ields [5, 12-15]. 80 Ne e heless, o he bes o ou knowledge, he quan i a i e po en ial o O bi ap has no been p e iously demons a ed o d ugs o abuse in sewage wa e samples. The 4/22 de e mina ion o hese compounds is complica ed due o he complexi y o he samples and low analy e concen a ions. Sample p e-concen a ion is no mally equi ed, mos ly based on solid phase ex ac ion (SPE), bu he key poin is he quan i ica ion o analy es, which is 85 p oblema ic in LC-MS based me hods due o he s ong ma ix e ec s commonly obse ed o his ype o sample ma ices. The use o iso ope-labeled in e nal s anda ds (ILIS) is he app oach mos equen ly applied o sol e his p oblem, al hough i s applica ion is di icul in mul i- esidue mul iclass me hods whe e a la ge numbe o ILIS would be equi ed. Typically he own analy e ILIS is used, as he use o analogue compounds as in e nal s anda ds does no 90 always ensu e an app op ia e co ec ion [10, 16]. In he p esen wo k, analy ical me hodology based on he use o SPE ollowed by LC coupled o a hyb id linea ion ap (LTQ) Fou ie T ans o m (FT) O bi ap MS, has been de eloped o he de e mina ion o 24 d ugs o abuse and me aboli es in u ban was ewa e . The acquisi ion o ull-scan accu a e-mass da a by O bi ap oge he wi h he simul aneous 95 MS/MS measu emen s pe mi ed by LTQ is a powe ul combina ion o con iden iden i ica ion and con i ma ion. As he excellen quali a i e po en ial o O bi ap analyze is widely accep ed in he ecen li e a u e, an addi ional and ele an objec i e was o demons a e he quan i a i e capabili ies o his HRMS, a ea u e ha has been li le explo ed un il now. To he bes o ou knowledge, he quan i a i e po en ial o O bi ap has no been 100 p e iously demons a ed o d ugs o abuse in complex sewage wa e samples. 5/22 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1. Reagen s 105 D ugs o abuse and me aboli es e e ence s anda ds: amphe amine, me hamphe amine, 3,4-me hylenedioxyamphe amine (MDA), 3,4-me hylene-dioxyme hamphe amine (MDMA, o ecs asy), 3,4-me hylenedioxye hylamphe amine (MDEA), cocaine, benzoylecgonine, he oin, mo phine, 6-monoace yl mo phine (6-MAM), me hadone, codeine, -9- e ahyd ocannabinol (THC), 11-no -9-ca boxy--9- e ahyd ocannabinol (THC-COOH), 11-110 hyd oxy--9- e ahyd ocannabinol (OH-THC), ke amine, me hylphenida e, oxazepam, diazepam, emazepam, no dazepam, desalkyl- lu azepam, me a-chlo ophenylpipe azine (mCPP), and en anyl we e ob ained om Lipomed AG (A lesheim, Swi ze land) as solu ions in me hanol (MeOH), e hanol (E OH) o ace oni ile (ACN) a a concen a ion o 1 g L-1. S anda d solu ions o each compound we e p epa ed a 36 mg L-1 in MeOH. A inal mix 115 solu ion was made by dilu ing aliquo s om e e y compound indi idually o a concen a ion o 3.6 mg L-1. Wo king mix solu ions o calib a ion cu es we e made in MeOH. Be o e each analy ical un, he calib a ion s anda ds we e dilu ed 10 imes wi h ul apu e wa e esul ing in a mix o wa e : MeOH (90:10 / ) and we e injec ed in o he O bi ap sys em. Final concen a ions o s anda ds anged om: 0.7 o 288 µg L-1. 120 Deu e a ed compounds we e pu chased om Lipomed AG as solu ions in MeOH, E OH o ACN a a concen a ion o 1 g L-1 and we e used as su oga e iso ope labelled in e nal s anda ds (ILIS) o quan i ica ion: amphe amine-d11, me hamphe amine-d5, 3,4- me hylenedioxyamphe amine-d2 (MDA-d2), 3,4-me hylenedioxyme hamphe amine-d5 (MDMA-d5), 3,4-me hylenedioxye hyl-amphe amine-d5 (MDEA-d5), cocaine-d3, 125 benzoylecgonine-d3, mo phine-d3, 6-monoace yl mo phine-d3 (6-MAM-d3), 9- e ahyd ocannabinol-d3 (THC-d3), 11-no -9-ca boxy-9- e ahyd ocannabinol-d3 (THC- COOH-d3), 11-hyd oxy-9- e ahyd ocannabinol-d3 (OH-THC-d3), oxazepam-d5, diazepam- d5, no dazepam-d5. A mixed ILIS wo king solu ion was p epa ed in MeOH and added o all calib a ion s anda ds o ge a inal ILIS concen a ion o 72 µg L-1, as well as o he in luen 130 and e luen sewage wa e samples p io o sample ea men ( inal ILIS concen a ion in sample o 360 ng L-1 and 180 ng L-1, espec i ely). All s anda d and wo king solu ions we e s o ed in ambe glass bo les a -18 °C. 6/22 The ul apu e wa e was ob ained by pu i ying demine alized wa e in a Milli-Q sys em om Millipo e (Bed o d, MA, USA). Fo mic acid (98 – 100%), HPLC-g ade MeOH, 135 E OH and ACN we e acqui ed om Mallinck od Bake (De en e , The Ne he lands). Glass ib e il e s (1 µm, ype A/E) we e pu chased om Pall Co po a ion (Po Washing on, NY, USA). Polye he sul one il e s (0.45 µm) wi h disposable se up we e acqui ed om Nalgene (Roches e , NY, USA). SPE ca idges, buil o a hyd ophilic and a lipophilic monome (Oasis-HLB; 6 mL, 140 150 mg) we e pu chased om Wa e s (Mil o d, MA, USA). Poly y osine-1,3,6 s anda d used o mass axis calib a ion was pu chased om Cs Bio Co. (Menlo Pa k, CA, USA). 2.2. Wa e samples 145 24-hou s low dependen in luen and e luen composi e-samples om di e en sewage ea men plan s (STPs) loca ed in he Ne he lands we e aken on he same weekend day, wi hou accoun ing o lag- ime. Samples we e collec ed in ambe glass bo les, and s o ed in he da k a 4 °C. Upon ecep ion in he labo a o y, he samples we e immedia ely analysed. 150 2.3. Ex ac ion p ocedu e P io o SPE, samples we e acuum il e ed h ough 1 µm ype A/E glass ib e il e s, ollowed by 0.45 µm polye he sul one (PES) il e s wi h disposable se up. Subsequen ly, 200 mL o e luen sewage wa e , o 100 mL o in luen sewage wa e sample, we e spiked wi h a 155 mixed in e nal s anda d solu ion o gi e a concen a ion o each compound in sample o 180 ng L-1 and 360 ng L-1, espec i ely. SPE was pe o med au oma ically using a GX-274 ASPEC (Gilson). Oasis HLB ca idges we e condi ioned by washing and insing wi h 8 mL o ACN, 8 mL o MeOH and 8 mL o Milli-Q wa e . Samples we e loaded on o he ca idges a 5 mL min-1, and hen ca idges we e washed wi h 8 mL o Milli-Q wa e and d ied wi h 160 ni ogen o 15 min a a p essu e o 1 ba . Analy es we e elu ed using 8 mL o MeOH a a low o 0.5 mL min-1. The SPE elua es (MeOH) we e e apo a ed o 200 µL a 35°C unde a gen le s eam o ni ogen. Then, 250 µL o Milli-Q wa e was added and he emaining MeOH (200 µL) e apo a ed. E apo a ion o he ex ac s was pe o med au oma ically using Ba key 165 op ocon ol (Ge many). The inal ex ac was hen made up, by weigh , o exac ly 250 µL wi h Milli-Q wa e . As a inal s ep, he olume was adjus ed o 500 µL, by weigh , wi h 7/22 wa e :MeOH (80:20 / ) o achie e a inal pe cen age o 10% MeOH. An aliquo o he sample ex ac (20 µL) was injec ed di ec ly in o he LC-LTQ FT O bi ap sys em. 170 2.4. Liquid Ch oma og aphy A hyb id linea ion ap Fou ie T ans o m (LTQ FT) O bi ap mass spec ome e was in e aced o a Su eyo HPLC sys em, consis ing o a Su eyo au o sample model Plus and a Su eyo qua e na y g adien HPLC-pump (The mo Fishe Scien i ic, B eda, The Ne he lands). Ch oma og aphic sepa a ion o he compounds was made using an XB idge C18 175 column (150 mm x 2.1 mm I.D., pa icle size 3.5 µm) (Wa e s). The p e-column used was a 4.0 x 2.0 mm I.D. Phenomenex Secu i y Gua d column (Bes e , Ams e dam, he Ne he lands). The analy ical column and he gua d column we e main ained a a empe a u e o 21 °C in a column he mos a . An op imized g adien was used a a cons an low a e o 0.3 mL min-1 using Milli-Q wa e (Sol en A) and MeOH (Sol en B) bo h wi h 0.05% 180 o mic acid. The pe cen age o o ganic modi ie (B) was changed linea ly as ollows: 0 min, 5%; 20 min, 100%; 30 min, 100%; 32 min, 5%. Be ween consecu i e uns, he analy ical column was e-equilib a ed o 10 min. 2.5. LTQ FT O bi ap mass spec ome y 185 An LTQ FT O bi ap mass spec ome e (The mo Elec on, B emen, Ge many) was used. The LTQ pa o his sys em was equipped wi h an Ion Max Elec osp ay Ioniza ion (ESI) p obe and ope a ed in he posi i e ion mode. The condi ions in ESI posi i e mode we e: sou ce ol age 4.0 kV, hea ed capilla y empe a u e 300 °C, capilla y ol age 30 V and ube lens 45 V. In he LTQ componen o he ins umen , he empe a u e was se o 26 °C and 190 helium was used as damping gas. All measu emen s we e done using he au oma ic gain con ol (AGC) o he LTQ o adjus he numbe o ions en e ing he ap. P oduc s ions we e gene a ed in he LTQ ap a a no malized collision ene gy se ing o 40% and using an isola ion wid h o 2 Da. Full-scan accu a e mass spec a (mass ange om 50 o 600 Da) we e ob ained a a 195 mass esolu ion o 30,000 FWHM (m/z 400). The o al cycle ime depends upon he esolu ion; a he selec ed esolu ion he o al cycle ime is abou 0.55 s. The mass spec ome e ope a ed unde da a-dependen -acquisi ion (DDA) mode du ing he comple e ch oma og aphic un, in which bo h MS and MSn spec a we e acqui ed simul aneously. The ins umen was ini ially se o ope a e in ull-scan (‘su ey’) mode wi h accu a e mass 200 measu emen s. When an ion exceeded a p ese h eshold and co esponded o he a ge mass 8/22 lis speci ied by he use , he ins umen swi ched o p oduc -ion scan mode (MSn) in he ion- ap pa wi h nominal mass measu emen s. In his way, ele an in o ma ion o iden i ica ion and con i ma ion, e.g. e en ion ime, molecula weigh and agmen a ion, was ob ained in a single analysis. All da a we e acqui ed and p ocessed using Xcalibu e sion 2.1 so wa e. 205 Mass calib a ion was pe o med wi h e e y ba ch un jus p io o s a ing he ba ch by using low injec ion o a Poly y osine-1,3,6 solu ion ([M+H]+ 182.01170 / 508.20783 and 997.39781) a a low a e o 10 µL min-1. Iden i ica ion and quan i ica ion o a ge compounds was pe o med using he accu a e mass o he p o ona ed molecule wi hin a mass window o 5 ppm. Fo con i ma ion 210 o he iden i y o he compounds, in addi ion o he accu a e mass o he p ecu so ion, a leas one nominal mass p oduc ion was used oge he wi h e en ion ime, which was compa ed wi h ha o he e e ence s anda ds (wi hin 2.5%) [17, 18]. 2.6. Me hod alida ion 215 The pe o mance o he me hod was e alua ed in e ms o linea i y, limi s o quan i ica ion, ueness and p ecision. The o e all eco e y (including sample ea men and po en ial ma ix e ec s) was s udied and e alua ed. Ins umen al linea i y was es ima ed by analyzing s anda d solu ions in iplica e. Sa is ac o y linea i y was assumed when he coe icien o de e mina ion ( 2) was > 0.99, 220 based on analy e/in e nal s anda d peak a eas, excep o hose compounds ha we e quan i ied wi hou ILIS (absolu e esponse). Limi o quan i ica ion (LOQ): To acili a e he ou ie ans o ma ion o he acqui ed equency da a and con e sion o m/z in he o bi ap, noise is il e ed ou . This is why he common app oaches o e alua e he limi s o quan i ica ion do no apply [19]. The e o e, a 225 di e en app oach was applied as p e iously epo ed by de Voog e al. [20]. I is based on he ma ix supp ession o he deu e a ed analogue and he iden i ica ion c i e ia [18] o each enough iden i ica ion poin s. The ma ix e ec (exp essed as de ined by Ma uszewski e al. [21]) is calcula ed by using he a ea o he accu a e mass signal o he deu e a ed s anda d, spiked be o e ex ac ion (in ma ix), di ided by he a e age a ea o he deu e a ed s anda d in 230 he calib a ion cu e (in sol en ). By using he lowes s anda d isible in he calib a ion cu e which mee s all he iden i ica ion c i e ia ( ypically he absence/p esence o he con i ma ion p oduc ion is he c i ical pa ame e ) and co ec ed o he ma ix supp ession and he concen a ion ac o , he LOQ can be de e mined. 15/22 4. CONCLUSIONS Analy ical me hodology based on ull-spec um accu a e-mass and MS/MS acquisi ion p o ided by LC-LTQ FT O bi ap MS has been de eloped o he simul aneous quan i ica ion and con i ma ion o 24 a ge d ugs o abuse a ng L-1 le els in sewage wa e . Al hough O bi ap is ecognized as an excellen analyze o quali a i e pu poses, i s sui abili y o 420 pe o m quan i a i e analysis has no been much explo ed. In his wo k, O bi ap has been applied o he i s ime o he quan i a i e analysis o d ugs o abuse in sewage wa e . Ou da a showed ha his analyze can be used o he eliable quan i ica ion wi h almos he same sensi i i y han he mos commonly used me hodologies based on LC-MS/MS wi h iple quad upole. The quan i a i e applicabili y has been demons a ed by me hod alida ion and 425 he analysis o quali y con ol samples included in each sample sequence, and also ia a compa ison wi h da a epo ed by iple quad upole analysis. In addi ion, MS da a p o ided by O bi ap ha e allowed e ospec i e analysis leading o an indica ion o he p esence o wo ke amine me aboli es. In conclusion, his unique ea u e o high- esolu ion accu a e-mass spec ome y demons a es ha ke amine is likely o be p esen in se e al samples. 430 16/22 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The au ho s wish o hank Juan V. Sancho o Resea ch Ins i u e o Pes icides and Wa e (IUPA) o his use ul commen s. 435 L. Bijlsma is e y g a e ul o he KWR Wa e cycle Resea ch Ins i u e o allowing him o pe o m an in e nship as isi ing scien is . 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Compound R P ecu so ion [M+H]+ P oduc ion 1 P oduc ion 2 In e nal s anda d (min) m/z m/z m/z RA (%) Amphe amine 10.28 136.11208 119.1 91.1 0.5 Amphe amine-d11 Me hamphe amine 10.64 150.12773 119.0 91.1 9.0 Me hamphe amine-d5 MDA 10.75 180.10191 163.2 MDA-d2 MDMA 10.90 194.11755 163.1 58.0 1.0 MDMA-d5 MDEA 11.66 208.13321 163.1 72.0 2.7 MDEA-d5 Cocaine 13.42 304.15433 182.1 150.2 2.6 Cocaine-d3 Benzoylecgonine 12.51 290.13868 168.2 272.2 4.8 Benzoylecgonine-d3 He oin 13.07 370.16490 328.2 268.2 99.1 n/a Mo phine 4.71 286.14334 201.1 229.1 51.9 Mo phine-d3 6-MAM 10.33 328.15433 211.2 268.2 73.7 6-MAM-d3 Me hadone 18.80 310.21654 265.1 247.2 0.1 n/a Codeine 9.10 300.15942 215.2 243.1 47.7 6-MAM-d3 THC 26.26 315.23186 259.2 193.2 76.7 THC-d3 THC-COOH 24.84 345.20604 327.2 299.3 6.1 THC-COOH-d3 OH-THC 24.48 331.22677 313.3 OH-THC-d3 Ke amine 12.43 238.09932 220.1 207.1 23.9 n/a Me hylphenida e 13.61 234.14886 84.0 174.2 0.3 n/a Oxazepam 19.53 287.05818 269.1 241.1 3.9 Oxazepam-d5 Diazepam 20.62 285.07892 257.1 222.2 30.4 Diazepam-d5 Temazepam 19.85 301.07383 283.0 255.2 9.2 No dazepam-d5 No dazepam 20.13 271.06327 243.1 208.1 37.7 No dazepam-d5 Desalkyl- lu azepam 19.67 289.05385 261.1 140.0 44.5 No dazepam-d5 mCCP 13.62 197.08400 154.0 119.1 6.9 n/a Fen anyl 15.66 337.22744 188.2 216.3 5.6 No dazepam-d5 RA: ela i e abundance o p oduc ions. n/a: adequa e in e nal s anda d was no a ailable. 505 20/22 Table 2: Me hod alida ion in in luen (n = 4) and e luen (n = 4) sewage wa e Compound In luen E luen Linea i y Ra (%) CVb (%) LOQ (ng L-1) Ra (%) CVb (%) LOQ (ng L-1) 2 Ins umen al LOQ (pg) Amphe amine 104 8 40 105 6 4 0.9960 58 Me hamphe amine 98 4 15 92 7 5 0.9994 28 MDA 113 13 360c 92 4 158 0.9996 720 MDMA 102 4 12 97 7 4 0.9999 14 MDEA 101 4 17 98 5 4 0.9999 14 Cocaine 70 6 40 93 6 6 0.9999 14 Benzoylecgonine 111 8 10 93 7 2 0.9999 14 He oin 70 20 19 72 21 7 0.9943 28 Mo phine 102 5 360c 98 12 125 0.9996 144 6-MAM 117 11 19 119 15 7 0.9995 14 Me hadone 73 19 45 76 5 6 0.9917 14 Codeine 90 15 19 120 26 7 0.9988 28 THC 109 11 360c 94 12 180c 0.9995 720 THC-COOH 102 7 33 90 5 7 0.9995 28 OH-THC 82 4 68 85 10 35 0.9988 58 Ke amine 48 21 10 81 7 2 0.9956 14 Me hylphenida e 45 20 20 65 27 2 0.9969 14 Oxazepam 97 6 14 91 6 4 0.9994 28 Diazepam 100 4 18 94 7 6 0.9998 20 Temazepam 105 6 4 90 7 2 0.9980 28 No dazepam 96 5 4 91 8 2 0.9995 28 Desalkyl- lu azepam 88 25 4 109 15 2 0.9994 28 mCCP 52 28 20 62 18 6 0.9911 14 Fen anyl 73 16 4 74 14 2 0.9964 14 a T ueness, es ima ed by means o eco e y expe imen s. 510 b P ecision, exp essed as epea abili y in e ms o coe icien s o a ia ion. c These alues we e de i ed om alida ion expe imen s ( o de ailed explana ion see ex ). 515 21/22 Table 3: Compa ison o concen a ions o d ugs o abuse de ec ed in in luen and e luen sewage wa e s analyzed by LC-MS/MS wi h iple quad upole ( wo di e en labo a o ies) and by he O bi ap me hod p esen ed in his wo k. Each numbe is he esul o a single measu emen o he pe aining sample using a speci ic MS de ec ion echnique Compound In luen sewage wa e (ng L-1) E luen sewage wa e (ng L-1) Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4 QqQ 1a QqQ 2b O bi ap QqQ 1 QqQ 2 O bi ap QqQ 1 QqQ 2 O bi ap QqQ 1 QqQ 2 O bi ap Amphe amine 95 117 123 282 249 245 - - - - - - MDMA 21 96 144 - 56 86 84 88 137 50 54 76 Cocaine 439 296 dc 179 114 dc 2 - - 14 - 8 Benzoylecgonine 1178 1136 1637 528 645 615 26 19 45 85 77 99 THC-COOH 378 n/ad dc - n/a - - n/a - - n/a - Ke amine n/a -e - n/a - - n/a - 2 n/a 16 6 a P e- ea men : cen i uga ion; P e-concen a ion by SPE (Oasis MCX, 150 mg); p e-concen a ion ac o : in luen 10x, e luen , 50x; [29] b P e- ea men : none; P e-concen a ion by SPE (Oasis HLB, 200 mg); p e-concen a ion ac o : in luen 50x, e luen 250x; [25] 520 c d: de ec ed d n/a: no da a a ailable e - : no de ec ed 22/22 FIGURE CAPTIONS 525 Figu e 1: The in luence o in ake olume (100, 300, 600 and 900 mL) on ma ix e ec in a ypical in luen Figu e 2: A e age ma ix e ec s [21] obse ed in bo h in luen s (100 mL) and e luen s (200 530 mL) o 5 di e en STPs. Figu e 3: The mass de ia ion (mass d i ) o he p o ona ed ions o selec ed deu e a ed analy es in ela ion o he heo e ical mass o e a pe iod o 55 hou s. 535 Figu e 4: LC-MS (ESI + mode) ex ac ed-ion ch oma og ams (le ) and MS/MS spec a ( igh ) o d ugs o abuse de ec ed in in luen (A) and e luen (B) sewage wa e om he sewage ea men plan o Ams e dam. Concen a ions ound in hese samples we e he ollowing (in luen and e luen , espec i ely); MDMA: 136 and 190 ng L-1; benzoylecgonine: 3701 and 155 ng L-1; THC-COOH: 431 and 22 ng L- 540 1; Oxazepam: 430 and 422 ng L-1. A ows indica e ch oma og aphic peak o MDMA. Figu e 5: LC-MS (ESI+ mode) ex ac ed-ion ch oma og ams o ke amine, no ke amine and dehyd ono ke amine in an in luen sewage wa e sample om Eindho en 545 ( e ospec i e sea ch). 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 140.0 160.0 0.0 100.0 200.0 300.0 400.0 500.0 600.0 700.0 800.0 900.0 Ma ix e ec Mo phine-d3 6-MAM-d3 MDMA-d5 MDA-d2 Amphe amine-d11 Me hamphe amine-d5 MDEA-d5 Cocaine-d3 Benzoylecgonine-d3 Oxazepam-d5 Diazepam-d5 OH-THC-d3 THC-COOH-d3 THC-d3 Figu e 1 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% THC-d3 Mo phine-d3 Cocaine-d3 MDEA-d5 OH-THC-d3 THC-COOH-d3 Me amphe amine-d5 MDMA-d5 Amphe amine-d11 Benzoylecgonine-d3 6-MAM-d3 Diazepam-d5 MDA-d2 No dazepam-d5 Oxazepam-d5 ma ix e ec In luen E luen Figu e 2