The pyrolysis of cigarette paper under the conditions that simulate cigarette smouldering and puffing

The combustion properties and pyrolysis behavior of cigarette paper under the pyrolysis conditions of cigarette smouldering were investigated by micro-scale combustion calorimetry (MCC), thermogravimetric analysis coupled to Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (TG-FTIR), respectively. MCC results demonstrated that the combustion and pyrolysis behavior are influenced by heating rate obviously. TG-FTIR results illustrated that the composition of the gaseous products were mainly composed of CO₂, H₂O carbonyl compounds, CO, and methanol. Flash pyrolysis experiment in combination with high performance liquid chromatography (FPy-HPLC) was used to study the pyrolytic formation of eight carbonyl compounds (i.e., formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, propionaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, methyl ethyl ketone, and butyraldehyde) during the pyrolysis of cigarette paper under the pyrolysis conditions of cigarette puffing. Moreover, the solid char formed after the flash pyrolysis experiments were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It had been found that the pyrolysis temperature influenced the formation of carbonyl compounds and the composition of char greatly.     

不同材料滤嘴对卷烟主流烟气中挥发性羰基化合物截滤性能的研究

吸烟是引起肺癌及相关疾病的主要原因[1]。挥发性羰基化合物(如甲醛、乙醛、丙醛、丙酮、丙烯醛、巴豆醛、丁酮和丁醛)是卷烟主流烟气中含量较高的一类有害成分,含量从几十到几百微克不等[2-3]。这些挥发性羰基化合物特别是甲醛、丙烯醛及巴豆醛具有纤毛毒性,与氰化氢和氨一起,     

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of carbonyl compounds in cigarette mainstream smoke after derivatization with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine

An improved gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method was described for the analysis of carbonyl compounds in cigarette mainstream smoke (CMS) after 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) derivatization. Besides formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, propionaldehyde, methyl ethyl ketone, butyraldehyde, and crotonaldehyde that are routinely analyzed in cigarette smoke, this technique separates and allows the analysis of several C4, C5 and C6 isomeric carbonyl compounds. Differentiation could be made between the linear and branched carbon chain components. In cigarette smoke, the branched chain carbonyls are found at higher level than the linear chain carbonyls. Also, several trace carbonyl compounds such as methoxyacetaldehyde were found for the first time in cigarette smoke. For the analysis, cigarette smoke was collected using DNPH-treated pads, which is a simpler procedure compared to conventional impinger collection. Thermal decomposition of DNPH-carbonyl compounds was minimized by the optimization of the GC conditions. The linear range of the method was significantly improved by using a standard mixture of DNPH-carbonyl compounds instead of individual compounds for calibration. The minimum detectable quantity for the carbonyls ranged from 1.4 to 5.6 microg/cigarette.     

Polarographic determination of semicarbazones

Acetone, methyl isobutyl ketone, acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, cyclohexanone, butyraldehyde, crotonaldehyde, and acrolein semicarbazones all give polarographic waves suitable for quantitative analysis in an acetate buffer at pH 4.6 .The half-wave potentials are —1.3, —1.3, —1.16 —1.05, —1.2,—1.11, —1.06,–0.99 V vs. S.C.E., respectively, for the compounds listed above. The diffusion current constants of these compounds average approximately 7 in the concentration range of 10^-2 to 10^-1 mM, giving an extremely sensitive method of carbonyl compound analysis. A supporting electrolyte that is 0.1M each in acetic acid, sodium acetate, sodium chloride, and semicarbazide, and 0.0016% in Triton X-100, is satisfactory both for polarograph analysis and for the quantitative absorption of acetone, acetaldehyde, cyclohexanone, and crotonaldehyde from air samples by means of a scrubber.     

卷烟主流烟气中8种羰基化合物的超高效液相色谱测定

建立了超高效液相色谱(UPLC）对卷烟主流烟气总粒相物中甲醛、乙醛、丙酮、巴豆醛等8种羰基化合物的测定方法。采用经2,4-二硝基苯肼酸性溶液处理过的剑桥滤片捕集烟气,再用含2%(体积分数）吡啶的乙腈溶液进行萃取,以KinetexTM C18(150 mm×2.1 mm,2.6 μm）为色谱柱,水-乙腈(35∶65）和水-乙腈-四氢呋喃-异丙醇(59∶30∶10∶1）为流动相梯度洗脱,采用二极管阵列检测器进行检测,分析时间为20 min。结果表明,该方法的相关系数r2≥0.999 97,检出限为25.81~67.74 ng/cig,平均加标回收率为95%~99%,相对标准偏差为1.4%~5.8%。各组分峰分离度高、分析时间短、流动相耗量少、结果准确可靠。用该方法对20种不同卷烟牌号样品中8种羰基化合物的含量进行测定,结果满意。     

快速分离柱高效液相色谱法测定卷烟主流烟气中的主要羰基化合物

选择2,4-二硝基苯肼(DNPH)为羰基化合物的衍生化试剂,建立了快速分离柱高效液相色谱测定卷烟主流烟气中8种羰基化合物的方法。采用经2,4-二硝基苯肼酸性溶液处理过的剑桥滤片捕集烟气,再用含2%（体积分数）吡啶的乙腈溶液进行萃取,以ZORBAX Stable Bound色谱柱(50 mm×4.6 mm,1.8 μm)进行快速分离,最后由二极管阵列检测器于365 nm下进行检测。该方法的回收率为89.1%～99.2%,相对标准偏差（RSD)在6.0%以下。该方法分析时间短,流动相消耗少,且操作简便、重复性好、回收率高。     

An Improved Liquid-Phase Synthesis of Simple Alkylpyridines

The synthesis of pyridines from mixtures of aldehydes or ketones NH₃ in the liquid phase has been reinvestigated, using continuous dosage of the carbonyl components to the reaction mixture. The main product from the reaction of acetaldehyde and formaldehyde is 3-methylpyridine ( 6 ), which is also the main product from the reaction of acrolein or a mixture of crotonaldehyde and formaldehyde under the same conditions. The reaction of other aldehydes with formaldehyde give 3,5-dialklypyridines, e.g. 10, 16 . Acetone reacts with either formaldehyde or acetaldehyde to give polysubstituted alkylpyridines. A mechanistic pathway is proposed which accounts for the formation of the observed products.     

直接衍生/高效液相色谱法分析水基胶中羰基化合物

建立了直接衍生/高效液相色谱分析水基胶中8种痕量羰基化合物(甲醛、乙醛、丙酮、丙烯醛、丙醛、丁烯醛、2-丁酮和丁醛)的方法.对影响分析效率的因素进行了考察,确定最佳衍生条件为:水基胶样品与2,4-二硝基苯肼衍生剂在40℃下反应20 min;最佳色谱分析条件为:采用DIONEX Acclaim Explosives E2...     

Determination of carbonyl compounds in air by electrochromatography

A new analytical procedure based on electrochromatography was developed for the separation and quantitation of 14 aldehydes and ketones (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, propionaldehyde, butanone, crotonaldehyde, isobutyraldehyde/butyraldehyde, 2-pentenaldehyde, isovaleraldehyde, valeraldehyde, benzaldehyde and hexanaldehyde) in ambient air currently to be regulated by the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department. A volatile mobile phase using ammonium acetate compatible with mass spectrometry detection was developed and optimized as follows. Methanol: acetonitrile: aqueous buffer (4 mM ammonium acetate) = 65:5:30% v/v. With electrokinetic injection at 5 kV for 2 s, aqueous buffer pH adjusted to 8, applied voltage controlled at 25 kV, and detection at 360 nm in a fused-silica column packed with 3 microm ODS, a satisfactory separation was obtained for the 14 carbonyl compounds investigated. The working ranges in acetonitrile solution were found to vary from 0.25 to 79 mg/L with a correlation coefficient greater than 0.99, detection limits from 0.10 to 0.63 mg/L, and precision (relative standard deviation, n = 3) from 2.3 to 9.2%. Under an air flow rate of 0.3 L/min for a sampling time of 1 h, the working ranges varied from 0.030 to 11,000 microg/m3 and detection limits from 0.011 to 0.084 microg/ m3. The method has been successfully applied to monitor three carbonyl compounds in four urban and rural sites in Hong Kong and gave hourly readings of three carbonyl compounds for all the sites investigated with a separation time less than 25 min.     

The generation of carbon monoxide and carbonyl compounds in reconstituted tobacco sheet

In recent years, reconstituted tobacco sheet (RTs) has played an increasingly significant role in tobacco industry. The yields of CO and carbonyl compounds (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, propanal, butenal, 2-butanone, and butyraldehyde) in cigarette mainstream smoke of RTs and their formation mechanisms were investigated in this paper. Self-made RTs (SRTs) was studied and compared with foreign Mauduit RTs (MRTs) and three commercial tobacco leaves on routine chemical constituents, thermal behavior, and subsequent gaseous products evolution. The cigarette smoking results illustrated that the yields of CO (2.9 mg per puff) and carbonyl compounds (about 208 μg per puff) in mainstream smoke of SRTs and MRTs were at the same level, and obviously higher than those of three commercial tobacco leaves. The routine chemical constituent results demonstrated that bright tobacco and oriental tobacco contained particularly higher contents of reducing sugar and total sugar than RTs, while burley tobacco had a high content of nitrogen compounds. The thermal behavior results showed that SRTs (11.6 % min^?1) and MRTs (14.5 % min^?1) presented higher maximum mass-loss rate than bright tobacco (7.8 % min^?1), burley tobacco (7.1 % min^?1), and oriental tobacco (6.8 % min^?1). The thermal decomposition of saccharides and combustion of residual char played the most important roles in mass-loss and gaseous products formation. The decomposition of saccharides and incomplete combustion of carbonized residual char primarily contributed to the formation of CO, while carbonyl compounds evolution was mainly attributed to the decomposition of saccharides alone.     

异戊二烯与OH自由基光化学反应的二次有机气溶胶的生成

利用烟雾箱模拟装置,研究了异戊二烯与OH自由基反应的二次有机气溶胶(SOA)的生成.反应中生成的气相产物通过质子转移反应质谱仪(PTR-MS)测定,SOA的浓度及粒径谱分布通过高分辨率粒径谱仪(EEPS3090)测定.研究表明:甲基丙烯醛(MAC)/甲基乙烯基酮(MVK)、乙醛、甲醛、甲醇、甲酸/乙醇、乙醇醛、甲基乙二醛、丙酮/丙醛等为主要气相产物,各组实验中MAC/MVK和乙醛浓度达到最大时,其产率分别介于13.78%～37.72%和5.38%～9.34%(以C计)范围内;SOA生成量及其中值粒径随异戊二烯反应量的增加而增加,气相物质稳定后,SOA产率在5.6%～11.7%范围内,粒径在22～165nm范围内.     

The determination of aldehydes in the exhaust gases of LPG fuelled engines

Summary The exhaust gas of a LPG fuelled engine is drawn through two bubblers in series in an ice bath, and filled with saturated 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine in 2M HCl. After heating the derivatives are extracted with toluene-cyclohexane and 1l samples injected on-column on a OV1 capillary column. Using an FID the lower limit of detection is 15–18 pg for formaldehyde (about 8–10 ppbv for a 16l exhaust sample). Taking the blank into account, the limit is about 40 ppbv.The exhaust gases of a LPG-fuelled engine contain formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, acrolein and acetone. Carbonyl compounds of more than 3 C-atoms were not found in detectable amounts. The engine was rund under stoichiometric, lean and rich air/fuel conditions. Under rich conditions the concentrations of the aldehydes were: formaldehyde 2.8 ppm, acetaldehyde 1.3 ppm, propionaldehyde 0.06 ppm, acrolein 0.03 ppm, acetone 0.17 ppm; under stoichiometric conditions: 4.5, 1.6, 0.10, 0.03 and 0.18 ppm respectively; under lean conditions 17.0, 2.9, 0.13, 0.07 and 0.27 ppm respectively. These figures demonstrate the necessity of measuring aldehydes in exhaust gases of LPG-fuelled engines.     

卷烟主流烟气中挥发性醛酮和苯的P&T-GC分析

挥发性羰基化合物和苯是卷烟烟气中重要的有害物质,为此建立了P&T-GC法测定卷烟样品主流烟气中的乙醛、丙醛、丁醛、丙酮、2-丁酮和苯.该方法不用2,4-二硝基苯肼(DNPH)衍生化,不用有机溶剂萃取和浓缩,减少了对环境的污染,具有灵敏度高、检出限低、定量准确、操作简便等特点.结果表明:方法有较好的重复性,相对标准偏差在5.39%以下;检出限为0.85 ng/支～6.55 ng/支;6种物质的回收率在89.22%～98.21%之间.     

Determination of Volatile Carbonyl Compounds in Cigarette Smoke by LC-DAD

An effective and rapid method, use of a 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH)-treated Cambridge filter and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with diode-array detection (DAD), has been used for determination of low-molecular-mass carbonyl compounds in cigarette smoke. Different chromatographic mobile phases were investigated and the optimized mobile phase was a gradient prepared from water–acetonitrile–tetrahydrofuran (THF)–iso-propanol, 59:30:10:1 (v/v) (mixture A) and acetonitrile–water, 65:35 (v/v) (mixture B). Under the optimized chromatographic conditions, the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, acetone, propionaldehyde, 2-butanone, and iso-butyraldehyde were separated completely in an 18 min chromatographic run. The concentration of acid, which has large effect on carbonyl-DNPH derivatization, was investigated by adding different volumes of perchloric acid. The DNPH-treated Cambridge filter was convenient and effective compared with conventional methods used to collect and derivatize the carbonyl compounds present in cigarette smoke. Validation of the method showed it to be effective, precise, accurate, and linear over the range of concentrations of analyzed.     

Conformations of triplet carbonyl compounds: Formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde and acetone

A conformational study on the lowest triplet states of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde and acetone has been done using a minimal basis set, within the unrestricted Hartree—Fock framework.For the C₃H₆O species, the energy hypersurfaces (E θ₁, θ₂, θ₃) were generated, where energy is a function of the methyl rotations (θ₁, θ₂) and C---O out-of-plane bending for acetone, and a function of methyl rotation (θ₁), C₂H₅---C rotation (θ₂) and CHO out-of-plane deformation (θ₃) for propionaldehyde.The analysis of the hypersurface equations revealed the location and relative energies of the critical points (minima, first and second order saddle points as well as maxima): the barriers to inversion at the carbonyl group were 2.7 kcal mol⁻¹ for acetone and 4.2 kcal mol⁻¹ for propionaldehyde. Partial geometry optimization reduced these barriers to 2.5 and 2.4 kcal mol⁻¹ respectively.For comparison, both the pyramidal minimum and planar saddle point for the inversion of triplet formaldehyde and acetaldehyde were totally optimized; the resultant barriers were 2.0 kcal mol⁻¹ and 2.3 kcal mol⁻¹, respectively. The barrier to rotation about the bond to the α-carbon was 1.1 kcal mol⁻¹ for pyramidal acetone, 1.0 for acetaldehyde and ranged from 0.8 to 1.8 kcal mol⁻¹ for the various propionaldehyde conformers.     

Effects of melamine phosphate on the thermal decomposition and combustion behavior of reconstituted tobacco sheet

In this paper, first the MP-modified reconstituted tobacco sheet (RTS) was prepared by a paper-making process. Thermogravimetric analysis coupled to Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (TG-FTIR) had been used to investigate the influences of melamine phosphate (MP) on the thermal decomposition and the formation of evolved volatile products of RTS. TG-FTIR results illustrated that the incorporation of MP into RTS could retard the thermal decomposition of the major components of RTS and meanwhile lead to the formation of more thermally stable char. Moreover, the main gases released during the pyrolysis of RTS and MP-modified RTS were H₂O, CO₂, CO, NH₃, carbonyl compounds, alcohols, phenols, alkanes, and alkenes. The presence of MP changed the formation of evolved volatile products of RTS obviously. The effects of MP on the combustion behavior of RTS were studied by micro-scale combustion calorimetry and cone calorimetry. Results demonstrated that the formation of combustible gases was mainly determined by the thermal decomposition stage occurred in the temperature range of 150–600 °C. The incorporation of MP into RTS influenced the release of fuel gases and the char formation in the process of the thermal decomposition of RTS, and eventually retarded the flammability and combustibility of RTS.     

Haloacrylic acids XI. Photochemical reactions of aliphatic aldehydes with methyl trifluoroacrylate

Photochemically initiated reactions of aliphatic aldehydes, namely acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde and butyraldehyde, with methyl trifluoroacrylate afforded γ-ketoesters of the type R-CO-CF₂CHF-COOCH₃ in the liquid phase. In the gas phase reaction further products were formed by addition of the aldehyde fragments to the olefinic bond of the methyl trifluoroacrylate.     

改进的固相萃取-高效液相色谱法测定土壤中15种醛酮类化合物北大核心CSCD

建立了改进的固相萃取-高效液相色谱法测定土壤中甲醛、乙醛、丙烯醛、丙酮、丙醛、丁烯醛、丁醛、苯甲醛、异戊醛、正戊醛、邻-甲基苯甲醛、间-甲基苯甲醛、对-甲基苯甲醛、正己醛和2,5-二甲基苯甲醛等15种醛酮类化合物的分析方法。利用乙腈对土壤进行超声提取,样品提取液与2,4-二硝基苯肼(2,4-DNPH)进行衍生化反应,生成稳定的腙类化合物;随后利用装有亲水亲脂平衡的N-乙烯基吡咯烷酮/二乙烯基苯共聚物填料的固相萃取小柱(Welchrom^(■)BRP)对衍生后的溶液进行净化;采用Ultimate^(■)XB-C_(18)色谱柱(250 mm×4.6 mm,5μm)进行分离,以乙腈-水(65∶35,v/v)为流动相进行等度洗脱,于波长360 nm处进行检测,利用外标法对土壤中15种醛酮类化合物进行定量。该方法改进了环境标准HJ 997-2018《土壤和沉积物醛、酮类化合物的测定高效液相色谱法》中试样的处理方法,优化后得到土壤的最佳提取条件,即:提取溶剂为乙腈,提取温度为30℃,提取时间为10 min。结果表明:采用BRP小柱的净化效果明显优于普通硅胶基质C_(18)小柱,15种醛酮类化合物在各自的范围内线性关系良好,线性相关系数均在0.996以上;平均加标回收率为84.6%~115.9%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为0.2%~5.1%;检出限为0.02~0.06 mg/L。该方法简便,灵敏度高,准确性好,适用于HJ 997-2018中规定的土壤和沉积物中15种醛酮类化合物的准确定量分析,为研究土壤中醛酮类化合物的残留状况和环境行为提供了可靠的技术支持。     

Condensation of gem-dinitroalkanes with aliphatic aldehydes and amines

Summary Gem-dinitroalkanes condense readily with acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde, and amines. The use of these aldehydes instead of formaldehyde extends the field of application of the Mannich reaction with nitro compounds.     

Experimental approach to assess sorptive loss properties of volatile organic compounds in the sampling bag system

In this study, the sorptive loss patterns for volatile organic compounds were evaluated by gaseous standards containing 13 compounds (benzene, toluene, styrene, p‐xylene, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, isobutyl alcohol, butyl acetate, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, butyraldehyde, isovaleraldehyde, and valeraldehyde). The gaseous standards, prepared initially at two contrasting concentration levels (40 and 4000 ppb) in a polyester aluminum bag, were measured after two consecutive transfers into empty bags. It indicates that the percent loss patterns, if assessed for all 13 target compounds, are affected most sensitively by the initial concentration levels of samples to yield 2.62 ± 2.22% (at 40 ppb) and 9.57 ± 6.74% (at 4000 ppb). Moreover, the sorptive loss patterns at high concentration samples (4000 ppb) tend to increase in relation with increasing molecular weight of target compounds, although such pattern disappears in low concentration samples (40 ppb). The observed loss patterns, if evaluated in relation to some key parameters like concentration or compound type, suggest the possibility that the sorptive loss of target compounds in storage media can occur in a predictable manner.