Аннотация:Dissolved organic matter (DOM) comprises large pool of organic carbon in the World
Ocean. Its typical concentrations in the marine environments do not exceed 5 mgC/L. The
most widespread approach to DOM isolation is solid phase extraction (SPE) using prepacked cartridges, such as Bond Elut PPL. The closest bulk sorbent is Bondesil PPL, but it
has the different basis (silicagel versus polymers in BondElut). Prior to its use for largescale filtration, it was necessary to compare molecular composition of DOM extracted with
a use of Bond Elute PPL cartridges and bulk sorbent Bondesil PPL.
The goal of this work was to estimate suitability of bulk sorbent - Bondesil PPL
(Agilent) for preparative extraction of large quantities of DOM, which would be comparable
in composition to DOM samples extracted by prepacked cartridges Bond Elut PPL.Firstly, the model experiments were conducted on isolation of peat DOM (Fulvagara)
using BondElut PPL cartridges, and self-packed columns of Bondesil PPL sorbent.
Secondly, the large-scale filtration system was assembled using the self-packed columns
with Bondesil PPL. It was used for isolation of marine DOM from 500-100 L. From the
same station, marine DOM was isolated using the Bond Elut PPL cartridges to enable
direct comparison of molecular composition of the DOM isolated by different sorbents.
The lab experiment was conducted using 3L of 70 mg/L Fulvagra solution, which was
passed through the sorbents under study. Close similarity was revealed for sorption
capacity of both sorbents: 60.1±2.1% and 64.3±2.4% respectively, for Bondesil PPL and
Bond Elut PPL, and extraction efficiency: 42.5±1.4 and 45.4±2.3%, respectively. The
extracted materials were analyzed using optical spectroscopy and FT-ICR massspectrometry (15 T Solarix mass spectrometer located at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic
Chemistry of RAS). The samples revealed close similarity in molecular composition with
respect to the main peaks with the range of m/z 300-500 zone.
Large-scale SPE filtration set up was assembled aboard research vessel Ac. Keldysh
during International Siberian Shelf Study (ISSS) Expedition in October 2020. Surface sea
water was collected into 1000 L HDPE tank (about 500 L) after filtration through precombusted GF/F filters conducted by team of University of Stockholm led by O.
Gustaffsson. It was acidified until pH 2 and discharged through two sets of self-packed 60
mL cartridges filled with 15 g Bondesil-PPL sorbent each. The cartridges were unloaded in
the lab using methanol elution. The extracts were also investigated using FT-ICR MS. The
extracted fractions revealed an abundance of tannins and phenylisopropanoids. The
similarity of fractions was proved by estimating of correlations between the fractions using
mathematical models of comparison such as tanimoto, cosine and estimation of
correlations.
Acknowledgements. This research was financially supported by the Russian Science
Foundation: grant no 21-77-30001 (experiments on DOM isolation) and 21-73-20202
(FTICR MS measurements). The research was conducted in the framework of the
scientific educational school of the Lomonosov MSU ―Future of the planet and global
environmental change.