Gas chromatographic and IR spectroscopic characteristics of tri- and tetramethylcyclohexenyl butenyl ketones

Infrared spectroscopic characteristics and gas chromatographic retention indices of tri- and tetramethylcyclohexenyl butenyl ketones were determined at different temperatures of analysis. Thermodynamic characteristics of sorption on the apolar stationary phase were calculated. The sorption characteristics of tri- and tetramethylcyclohexenyl butenyl ketones show that under conditions of capillary gas chromatography these compounds are retained due to the dispersive energy. It was shown by FTIR spectroscopy that the formation of conjugation systems of double bonds is responsible for the higher retention of the -isomers compared with that of the -isomers. The shortening of the distance between the carbonyl and trimethylcyclohexenyl groups was found to be accompanied by a decrease in the retention of the isomeric compounds.