Direct determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette mainstream smoke by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection

The determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette mainstream smoke has been achieved by ion chromatography (IC) with pulsed amperometric detection (PAD). The proposed method of totally trapping whole cigarette mainstream smoke by Cambridge filters, which are treated with sodium hydroxide/ethanol solution, possesses the advantage of fast analysis time over the widespread used solution absorption method. The possible co-existing interferents are evaluated under the optimized detection conditions and excellent recoveries of cyanide are obtained. The cyanide content of absorption solution can be directly determined by the optimized IC-PAD method without any pretreatments. The linear range is 0.0147-2.45 μg/mL with R2 value of 0.9997. The limit of the detection is 3 μg/L for a 25 μL injection loop. The overall relative standard deviation of the method is less than 5.20% and the recovery range from 94.3% to 101.0%. The results obtained from the developed method are in good agreement with that of continuous flow analyzer (CFA) method.     

Sampling and determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke

A method for sampling and determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke is described. Cigarette smoke is filtered through a glass fiber filter paper, and only gaseous compounds, such as hydrogen cyanide, are collected in a dilute sodium hydroxide solution. The cyanide is determined spectrophotometrically at 550 nm by the isonicotinic acid–pyrazolone method. Maximum absorbance is achieved within 10 min at room temperature, and remains constant for about 20 min. Beer’s law is obeyed in the range 0.04∼0.80 μg mL^–1 cyanide, with a molar absorptivity of 3.48 × 10⁴ L mol^–1 cm^–1. Received: 30 November 1998 / Revised: 21 April 1999 / Accepted: 30 April 1999     

Sampling and determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke

A method for sampling and determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke is described. Cigarette smoke is filtered through a glass fiber filter paper, and only gaseous compounds, such as hydrogen cyanide, are collected in a dilute sodium hydroxide solution. The cyanide is determined spectrophotometrically at 550 nm by the isonicotinic acid–pyrazolone method. Maximum absorbance is achieved within 10 min at room temperature, and remains constant for about 20 min. Beer’s law is obeyed in the range 0.04∼0.80 μg mL^–1 cyanide, with a molar absorptivity of 3.48 × 10⁴ L mol^–1 cm^–1. Received: 30 November 1998 / Revised: 21 April 1999 / Accepted: 30 April 1999     

主流烟气中甲胺和乙胺离子色谱法测定

建立了用0.01 mol·L-1盐酸水溶液吸收,离子色谱法测定卷烟主流烟气中甲胺和乙胺的方法。该方法采用Ion Pac CS16(4×250 mm)分离柱和CG16(4×50 mm)保护柱,10mmol·L-1甲烷基磺酸(MSA)水溶液等梯度洗脱,在柱温60℃、流速1.0 m L·min-1的条件下,实现了甲胺和乙胺的有效分离。方法的线性关系良好,RSD均小于5%,甲胺检出限为0.04μg/支,加标平均回收率为92.7%~94.3%,乙胺检出限为0.05μg/支,加标平均回收率为93.5%~103.0%。该方法灵敏度高、准确性好、前处理简单,有良好的可靠性和实用性。     

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.     

Analysis of pyridines in mainstream cigarette smoke

A new technique has been developed for the quantitative analysis of pyridines in mainstream cigarette smoke using a GC-MS technique. For analysis, 10 cigarettes are smoked using conditions based on US Federal Trade Commission recommendations. The smoke is collected in a water trap and analyzed using a GC-MS technique. A standard or a fast GC separation can be applied for the analysis. The standard separation was followed by MS detection using selected ion monitoring (SIM) acquisition on a quadrupole instrument. The fast GC was followed by MS detection with total ion acquisition on a time-of-flight instrument. The levels of pyridine depend on the type of cigarette: for a full flavor cigarette pyridine is as high as 18.0 microg/cigarette (cig.). and for an ultra light cigarette is about 3.0 microg/cig. Substituted pyridines vary between 5.0 microg/cig. to 0.1 microg/cig. for a full flavor cigarette, and between 0.2 microg/cig. and a few ng/cig. for an ultra light cigarette. The reproducibility of the technique is very good, with less than 7-8% RSD in both separation procedures for most of the analyzed compounds.     

卷烟主流烟气中碳中心自由基的自旋标记荧光表征

以自旋标记荧光探针4-((9-acridinecarbonyl)amino)-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl(TEMPO-9-AC)研究了卷烟主流烟气中的碳中心自由基。以吸烟机抽吸卷烟,以弱荧光的TEMPO-9-AC作为捕集剂捕集卷烟主流烟气中的碳中心自由基,生成稳定的强荧光的碳中心自由基捕集加合物,以高效液相色谱-三重四极杆串联质谱联用仪(HPLC-MS/MS)对其结构进行了确认,并建立了高效液相色谱-荧光检测(HPLC-FLD)的定量方法。结果表明,方法的检出限为0.318 nmol/cig,相对标准偏差(RSD)为3.5%～9.7%;利用TEMPO-9-AC捕集体系鉴别出了10种碳中心自由基;对5种代表性卷烟烟气中的碳中心自由基进行了定量计算,获得了它们在主流烟气中碳中心自由基的含量数据,并发现碳中心自由基总量与焦油释放量之间具有高度的相关性。本法检出限低,重复性好,适用于卷烟主流烟气中碳中心自由基的结构验证及释放量的检测分析。     

离子色谱法及聚类分析研究主流烟气中的有机酸

建立了超声辅助萃取-离子色谱法同时测定卷烟主流烟气中主要有机酸的方法.采用20 mL 30 mmol/L J NaOH溶液在50℃下对捕集了卷烟主流烟气的剑桥滤片超声萃取50 min,AS11-HC分离柱、Ion AG11-HC保护柱、ASRS-ULTRAⅡ抑制器,KOH溶液为淋洗液,用电导检测器同时测定了卷烟主流烟气中的乳酸、甲酸、乙酸、丙酸、苹果酸和草酸的含量.方法的线性范围1.0～400 mg/L,相关系数为0.9990～0.9995,相对标准偏差1.4%～4.8%,检出限0.03～0.09 mg/L,回收率为92%～104%.采用此方法测定了19种不同规格卷烟样品主流烟气中6种有机酸的含量,并且以6种有机酸为指标对样品进行了聚类分析.结果表明,6种有机酸的含量分布特征可反映不同等级卷烟产品的特性,可用于不用等级卷烟产品的比较和分类.     

Separation and quantitation of monovalent anionic and cationic species in mainstream cigarette smoke aerosols by high-performance ion chromatography

A simple method has been developed to separate and quantitate monovalent ionic species in mainstream cigarette smoke aerosols based on ion chromatography (IC) with conductivity detection. The method entails collecting the smoke aerosol particulate phase by electrostatic precipitation, dissolving the smoke condensate in methanol (MeOH), and separating the ionic species on either a cation- or anion-exchange column. The method has been applied to the analysis of smoke aerosols from two cigarettes, 1R4F Kentucky Reference cigarettes and a new cigarette that heats but does not burn tobacco. The predominant cations in smoke aerosols from 1R4F Kentucky Reference and the new cigarettes are sodium (Na+), ammonium (NH4+), and potassium (K+) ions; the predominant anions are acetate (AcO-) and formate (HCOO-). Trace amounts of chloride (Cl-), nitrite (NO2-), and nitrate (NO3-) ions are also present.     

Determination of four tobacco-specific nitrosamines in mainstream cigarette smoke by gas chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry

A specific and sensitive method was developed and validated to quantitatively analyze four tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in the particulate phase of mainstream cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke particulate matter was collected according to ISO 4387. The particulate matter was extracted with acetic ether, cleaned up with a Supelclean ENVI-Carb silod-phase extraction (SPE) cartridge, concentrated under the protection of nitrogen and analyzed by gas chromatography (GC)/ion trap mass spectrometry (MS) with a very-low-flow-loss column (VF-17 MS) in MS(n) mode using N-nitrosopentyl-3-picolylamine (NNPA) as an internal standard. TSNAs were identified by chromatographic retention time, matching the spectra of the standards and the samples and the consistency of the ratio of the abundance of the ions detected in the standards and the samples. Limits of detection of each TSNA varied from 0.01 to 0.06 ng/cig. A linear calibration range for this method is large enough to measure TSNA levels in cigarette smoke. The recovery of each TSNA was from 91.5 to 102.7%. The method achieved excellent reproducibility (RSD: 1.8-4.8% for intra-assay, 3.4-7.1% for inter-assay). It also shows no evidence of artifact formation. This method is very suitable for the routine detection of TSNAs in mainstream cigarette smoke.     

New technique using solid-phase extraction for the analysis of aromatic amines in mainstream cigarette smoke

A new procedure has been developed for the quantitation of aromatic amines in mainstream cigarette smoke. Two solid-phase extraction (SPE) cleanup steps using different retention mechanisms are required to process the samples. The first step uses a cation-exchange cartridge, followed by a second step that uses a cartridge with a hydrophobic retention character. The aromatic amines eluted from the second SPE cartridge are derivatized with heptafluorobutyric anhydride and analyzed with GC-MS selected ion monitoring in the negative chemical ionization mode. This new method has several advantages over other reported techniques, being sensitive, robust, and easily automated. The detection limits ranged from 0.02 ng/cigarette for tolidine to 1.41 ng/cigarette for aniline and the recoveries were from 79 to 109%.     

New insights into the formation of volatile compounds in mainstream cigarette smoke

A sampling system has been set up to monitor a group of volatile smoke analytes (nitric oxide, acetaldehyde, acetone, benzene, toluene, 1,3 butadiene, isoprene and carbon dioxide) from mainstream cigarette smoke on a puff-resolved basis. The system was able to record gas evolution profiles during puffing and interpuff periods without interruption (e.g. taking clearing puffs). Gas phase smoke analytes were sampled as close to the mouth end of the cigarette filter as possible in order to minimise any dead volume effect. The results revealed that, for some volatile species, a significant fraction (e.g. up to 30% for benzene) in the cigarette mainstream smoke had been generated during the preceding smoulder period. These species were trapped or absorbed within the cigarette rod and then subsequently eluted during the puff. The identification of the two sources of the mainstream smoke, a smouldering source and a puffing source, has not been reported before. The observation contributes to the fundamental knowledge of the cigarette smoke formation and may have implications on wider smoke chemistry and associated effects.     

直接萃取-GC/MS法测定卷烟主流烟气中四种芳香胺

采用气相色谱/质谱法直接测定了卷烟主流烟气中的1-氨基萘、 2-氨基萘、 3-氨基联苯和4-氨基联苯等4种芳香胺.该方法直接用CH2Cl2溶剂超声振荡萃取滤片中的芳香胺,超声萃取的同时加入衍生试剂,使萃取和衍生化同步进行,萃取液过硅酸镁柱进行进一步纯化,然后旋转浓缩后进行GC/MS分析.方法的RSD在1.0%～3.7%之间,加标回收率在92.9%～101.1%之间.     

Determination of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in mainstream cigarette smoke by high-performance liquid chromatography

A method is described for the determination of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in mainstream cigarette smoke. This involved the collection and reaction of the aldehydes with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine in aqueous acetonitrile. The high-performance liquid chromatographic separation and measurement of the various components directly in this reaction solution eliminated the need for a clean-up stage. Cigarette yields of greater than 5 micrograms of formaldehyde and 50 micrograms of acetaldehyde could be determined to estimated relative standard deviations of 0.07 and 0.05, respectively.     

Thermodynamic study of ion exchange reaction to predict ionic selectivity using ion exchange resin Indion-850

The thermodynamic study was carried out to predict the selectivity behaviour of ion exchange resin Indion-850 towaed various inorganic anions like chloride, iodide, sulfate, and oxalate. The equilibrium constant K _std values for the ion exchange reactions were calculated at different temperatures from which the enthalpy values where obtained. The K _std values were observed to increase with the rise in temperature, indicating endothermic ion exchange reactions. The thermodynamic data obtained here reveal that iodide ions were more strongly retained on the resin surface compared to chloride ions. Also the low enthalpy and high equilibrium constant values for oxalate ions indicate the greater selectivity of ion exchange resin for oxalate ions as compared to sulfate ions.     

液相色谱-串联质谱法测定卷烟主流烟气中的四种致癌物

N-亚硝基降烟碱（NNN）、4-（亚硝基甲氨基）-1-（3-吡啶基）-1-丁酮（NNK）、N-亚硝基新烟草碱 （NAT）和N-亚硝基假木贼碱（NAB）是4种广泛存在于烟草和烟气中的致癌物,准确测定其含量对评估其对人体健康的影响有着重要的作用。采用液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱(LC-ESI MS/MS)技术建立了卷烟主流烟气中NNN、NNK、NAT和NAB的测定方法,并将其用于中国烤烟和混合型卷烟主流烟气的分析。卷烟主流烟气通过剑桥滤片捕集,捕集烟气后的滤片在加入100 μL氘代混合内标后用10 mL 100 mmol/L醋酸铵水溶液萃取,萃取液过水相滤膜后直接进行LC-ESI MS/MS检测。选用Agilent Zorbax Eclipse XDB-C18色谱柱,以流动相0.1%(v/v)乙酸水溶液和0.1%（v/v）乙酸甲醇溶液梯度洗脱,质谱检测采用正离子扫描,多反应监测模式。NNN、NNK、NAT和NAB的检出限分别为0.019、0.002、0.008和0.007 μg/L,回收率为84.9%～104.5%,相对标准偏差(n=8)为2.96%～6.65%。该方法的检出限低,特异性好,适用于卷烟主流烟气中NNN、NNK、NAT和NAB释放量的检测。     

Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of acrylamide and acetamide in cigarette mainstream smoke after on-column injection

A method is described for the simultaneous determination of two short-chained amides, acrylamide and acetamide (classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as probable and possible human carcinogens, respectively), in total particulate matter using gas chromatography-on-column injection and mass spectrometric detection. Sample preparation is kept to a minimum, and the proposed analytical procedure proves to be fast, sensitive, and precise. Validation studies show good linearity with a regression coefficient of r2=.000 for both compounds. Quantitation limits are 32 ng/mL for acrylamide and 70 ng/mL for acetamide. In the particulate phase of mainstream smoke from the University of Kentucky Reference Cigarette 2R4F, 2.3 microg/cig acrylamide and 4.7 microg/cig acetamide are found; no acetamide and only .0074 microg/cig acrylamide is found in the gas phase. Possible mechanisms of formation in cigarette smoke are discussed.     

滤嘴对卷烟主流烟气中挥发性羰基化合物截留效率的测定

本文采用HPLC和GC分别对国内市场占有率较高的18种牌号卷烟主流烟气及其滤嘴中挥发性羰基化合物的含量进行了测定,并对滤嘴截留挥发性羰基化合物效率和机制进行了探讨。结果表明:卷烟主流烟气中挥发性羰基化合物含量高低的顺序是乙醛、丙酮、甲醛、丙稀醛、巴豆醛、丁酮和丁醛;滤嘴中挥发性羰基化合物含量高低的顺序是甲醛、丁酮、巴豆醛、丁醛、丙稀醛、丙酮和乙醛;滤嘴对羰基化合物截留效率高低的顺序是巴豆醛、丁酮、甲醛、丁醛、丙烯醛、丙酮和乙醛。二醋酸纤维丝束对挥发性羰基化合物的截留效率较聚丙烯丝束好。     

Determination of seven nitrobenzene compounds in mainstream cigarette smoke with heart-cutting two-dimensional gas chromatography

A heart-cutting two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC) method was developed for the determination of nitrobenzene compounds (NBCs) in mainstream cigarette smoke. For the method, the particulate matter of cigarette smoke was extracted with cyclohexane, purified with a silica solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridge and analyzed by heart-cutting two-dimensional GC equipped with two electron capture detectors. The heart-cutting two-dimensional GC was achieved by a single-column GC oven equipped with a microfluidic pressure balanced device (Deans switch). Two-dimensional GC was compared to single-dimensional GC and found to be clearly better for the separation of seven NBCs from a complex smoke matrix. The limits of detection ranged from 1.28 to 9.83 ng/mL, spiked recoveries were between 88.3 and 106.8% and relative standard deviation ranged from 2.79 to 12.78%. The NBCs yields of six kinds of Chinese and international cigarettes brands, which were all smoked according to two smoking protocols (International Organization for Standardization and Health Canada Intense smoking regimens), were determined and compared.