Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083 Australia;Department of Chemistry, Footscray, Institute of Technology, Footscray, Victoria 3011 Australia
Abstract:
The determination of the quaternary ammonium components of Aliquat-336 by gas chromatography using tetraheptylammonium chloride as an internal standard is described. The method relies on the fact that long-chain quaternary ammonium salts undergo thermal decomposition at high injection port temperatures to form tertiary amines. The major component in Aliquat-336 is methyldioctyldecylammonium chloride with up to four other quaternary ammonium compounds being present. Aliquat-336 also contains 1-octanol and 1-decanol and some water.