Magnetic porous carbons derived from iron-based metal-organic framework loaded with glucose for effective extraction of synthetic organic dyes in drinks

•MPCG was synthesized by calcinating MIL-101(Fe) loaded with glucose at 700 °C in N2.•The introduced glucose improved the graphitization of the final product.•A new MSPE-UPLC method was established and used to detect four dyes in drinks. The conversion of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to porous carbon has attracted extensive attention for developing multifunctional adsorbent materials. Herein, we demonstrated a facile method to prepare magnetic porous carbon via calcinating MIL-101(Fe) precursor loaded with glucose at 700 °C in an N2 atmosphere. The obtained magnetic porous carbon (MPCG) contained plenty of oxygen-containing functional groups and exhibited an enlarged specific surface area (177.7 m2/g) compared with its precursor (41.2 m2/g). In addition, MPCG can be easily separated from the matrix by a magnet. Benefitting from these advantages, the magnetic porous carbon exhibited high affinity toward four synthetic organic dyes (amaranth, ponceau 4R, sunset yellow, and lemon yellow) in an aqueous solution. Moreover, the adsorbent can be applied to quantitatively detect synthetic organic dyes in drinks coupled with chromatography. A new magnetic solid-phase extraction method for dye analysis yielded reasonable linearity (r □ 0.99), low limits of detection (0.047–0.076 μg/L), and good precision within the analyte concentration range of 0.25–50 μg/L.