Abstract: A method for the determination of 10 wood preservatives of chlorophenols (2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, 2,4,5-trichlorophenol, 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol, pentachlorophenol, lindane) and pyrethroids (permethrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin) in furniture by solid phase extraction (SPE) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed. The furniture samples were extracted twice by ultrasonic extraction in methanol. The extract was then evaporated and acetylated by the acetic anhydride and potassium carbonate. Finally the reaction solution was purified by Oasis HLB SPE column. The wood preservatives were eluted by ethyl acetate and collected for analysis by GC-MS. The ten wood preservatives can be separated and determined successfully by this method. Under the optimized conditions, the detection limits of the six chlorophenol compounds were 1 mg/kg, and the four pyrethroid compounds were 5 mg/kg, and the spiked recoveries of the 10 wood preservatives in samples were in the range of 76.0%-108.8%. Forty commercial wooden furniture samples were tested and lindane was found in some samples. The results showed that the method is accurate, rapid and sensitive. It can be effectively used to analyze the wood preservatives in wooden furniture.

Key words: chlorophenol preservative, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), pyrethroid preservative, wooden furniture, solid phase extraction (SPE)