Trap and Desorption Gc/Ms for Detection Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Motorcycles Emission

ABSTRACT

The application of trap and desorption GC/MS to monitoring of sixteen PAHs in the exhaust emissions from motorcycles was investigated. The time of sampling and analysis for one sample is in 40 minutes. The relative standard deviations were estimated from 20% to 34% for monitoring the total concentrations of PAHs from the emissions of motorcycles. The PAH concentrations appeared to show distinct variations with the stroke, engine size and the aging of motorcycles. The predominate of PAHs in the emissions of motorcycle were naphthalene, fluorene, anthracene, fluoranthene and pyrene. Naphthalene exhibited the highest concentration that was obtained over 79% of the total concentration of sixteen PAHs in the emissions of the over nine years old motorcycles.     

Functionalization of Pentacene: A Facile and Versatile Approach to Contorted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

In this work, a facile and versatile strategy for the synthesis of contorted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) starting from the functionalized pentacene was established. A series of novel PAHs 1 – 4 and their derivatives were synthesized through a simple two-step synthesis procedure involving an intramolecular reductive Friedel–Crafts cyclization of four newly synthesized pentacene aldehydes 5 – 8 as a key step. All the molecules were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and their photophysical and electrochemical properties were studied in detail. Interestingly, the most striking feature of 1 – 4 is their highly contorted carbon structures and the accompanying helical chirality. In particular, the optical resolution of 2 was successfully achieved by chiral-phase HPLC, and the enantiomers were characterized by circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence spectroscopy. Despite the highly nonplanar conformations, these contorted PAHs exhibited emissive properties with moderate-to-good fluorescence quantum yields, implying the potential utility of this series PAHs as high-quality organic laser dyes. By using a self-assembly method with the help of epoxy resin, a bottle microlaser based on 3 a was successfully illustrated with a lasing wavelength of 567.8 nm at a threshold of 0.3 mJ/cm². We believe that this work will shed light on the chemical versatility of pentacene and its derivatives in the construction of novel functionalized PAHs.     

Laser Desorption and Ionization of Solid Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Air With Analysis by Ion Mobility Spectrometry

Abstract

Solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with 4–7 rings on metal, glass, ceramic, and plastic substrates were desorbed and ionized in air with a quadrupled Nd-YAG laser. Gaseous product ions were analyzed at ambient conditions in air directly using ion mobility spectrometry. Ablation rates for perylene on borosilicate glass were estimated as 0.01 ng/mm2 per pulse and standard deviation for peak heights with roughly 1 ug/mm² was 34 %. Substrate interference was avoided by using an unfocused laser beam at 0.5–1 mJ/pulse although gaseous ions also could be generated from substrates with a focused beam at 1 mJ/pulse.     

喷洒植物营养素后稻米、蔬菜、水果中几种微量元素的测定

对施用新型“农药”——植物营养素后几种不同农作物的前处理方法进行了研究,提出了操怍简便、精密、准确的测定方法,为在我国建立评价施药后农作物中微量元素变化水平提供了可靠的测试手段。并通过对施药前后,农作物中锌、铜、铁三种微量元素含量的测定和比较,为植物营养素类“农药”的卫生鉴定提供了新的指标。     

Identification and Differentiation of Isomeric Methylated Derivatives of Oxygenation Products of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry

Abstract

An isomeric pair of compounds is obtained from 4-car-boxyaldehydephenanthrene-5-carboxylic acid (1) by various methods routinely applied for the methylation of acidic oxygenation products of K-region polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH's) prior to GC and GC/MS analysis. Differentiation of the individual cyclic and acyclic isomers, a classical general problem, proves possible by careful analysis of the mass spectral fragmentation patterns in the representative case studied here.     

Comparison of Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction and Solid Phase Extraction as Enrichment Techniques in Combination with Column Liquid Chromatography for the Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water Samples

The commonly used solid-phase extraction (SPE) was compared with the recently developed stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) to determine EPA-PAHs from precipitation water samples. SPE was performed using C18 PAH-filled cartridges; magnetic stirring rods 10 mm long and coated with 0.5 mm (24 µL) polydimethylsiloxane were used for SBSE. Determination was performed by high performance liquid chromatography and fluorescence detection. The investigations were performed at a concentration level of 30 ng/L, adjusted to actual PAH concentration levels of precipitation water. The recoveries ranged between 54% (SBSE) and 20% (SPE) respectively and about 100%, while the standard deviation ( n = 5) varied in the range of 4.7-13.5% (SBSE) and 3.6-16.9% (SPE) except for the more volatile compounds acenaphthene and fluorene. The detection limits calculated were between 0.4 and 5.0 ng/L. Both techniques were applied to study the PAH contents of precipitation water of several polluted sites in the city of Halle (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany). The advantages and disadvantages of the methods used are discussed.