Speciation of nitrogen-containing compounds in an unfractionated coal tar sample by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry

2014 ◽  
Vol 1373 ◽  
pp. 159-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana M. da Silva ◽  
Maria Elisabete Machado ◽  
Gabriela P.S. Maciel ◽  
Daniela Dal Molin ◽  
Elina B. Caramão
Separations ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Aloisi ◽  
Mariosimone Zoccali ◽  
Peter Q. Tranchida ◽  
Luigi Mondello

Coal tar is a complex mixture of organic compounds obtained from the thermal treatment of coal; it contains several different chemical classes of compounds, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phenols and different heterocyclic compounds including sulphur derivatives. In the present research, a target analysis was carried out for the characterisation of fourteen different classes of organic sulphur compounds in coal tar by using cryogenically-modulated (CM) comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC-HR ToFMS) with the support of target analyte finding, a specific software function. Furthermore, absolute quantification data were obtained by using eight pure standard sulphur compounds, and 1-fluoronaphthalene as internal standard. Several figures-of-merit of the proposed method were measured (linearity, intra-day precision, limits of detection and quantification). Finally, the overall analytical performance of CM GC×GC-HR ToFMS was evaluated, in relation to MS similarities, mass accuracies, second-dimension peak widths, peak capacity and tailing factors. The approach proved itself as being a powerful analytical platform, benefiting from the high sensitivity, selectivity and resolving power, of both the GC and MS sides.


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Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto ◽  
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