Identification and Quantification of Six-Ring C26H16 Cata-Condensed Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Complex Mixture of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar

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October 8, 2015

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Jorge O. Ona Ruales, Arun K. Sharma, Stephen A. Wise

Abstract

We applied a combination of normal-phase liquid chromatography (NPLC) with ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy and gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) for the fractionation, identification, and quantification of six ring cata-condensed C26H16 PAHs in the Standard Reference Material 1597a, Complex Mixture of PAHs from Coal Tar. For the characterization analysis, we calculated the GC retention indices of 17 C26H16 PAH authentic reference standards using the Rxi-PAH and DB-5 GC columns. Then, we used NPLC with ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy to isolate the fractions containing the C26H16 PAHs, and subsequently, we used GC/MS to establish the identity and quantity of the C26H16 PAHs using authentic reference standards. Following this procedure, 12 C26H16 cata-condensed PAHs benzo[c]pentaphene, dibenzo[f,k]tetraphene, benzo[h]pentaphene, dibenzo[a,l]tetracene, dibenzo[c,k]tetraphene, naphtho[2,3-c]tetraphene, dibenzo[a,c]tetracene, benzo[b]picene, dibenzo[a,j]tetracene, naphtho[2,1-a]tetracene, dibenzo[c,p]chrysene, and dibenzo[a,f]tetraphene were identified and quantified for the first time, and benzo[c]picene was quantified for the first time in an environmental combustion sample.

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Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

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Coal tar, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Standard Reference Material (SRM), Normal-Phase Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy (NPLC/UV-Vis), Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)

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Ona, J. , Sharma, A. and Wise, S. (2015), Identification and Quantification of Six-Ring C26H16 Cata-Condensed Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Complex Mixture of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-015-9084-5 (Accessed April 16, 2024)