Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry

Research Article

Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ambient Aerosols by Using One-Dimensional and Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Combined with Mass Spectrometric Method: A Comparative Study

Table 1

Information of target PAHs in the study.


Compound	Abbreviation	CAS number	Molecular formula	MW	Quantitative ion	Qualifier ion	Retention time
							GC-qMS	GC×GC-TOFMS
							(min)	t_r1 (min)	t_r2 (s)

Naphthalene-d₈^a	Nap-d₈	1146-65-2	C₁₀D₈	136.2	136	137	12.25	13.40	1.34
Naphthalene	Nap	91-20-3	C₁₀H₈	128.2	128	129	12.34	13.47	1.35
Acenaphthylene	Acy	208-96-8	C₁₂H₈	152.2	152	153	19.08	19.56	1.55
Acenaphthene-d₁₀^a	Ace-d₁₀	15067-26-2	C₁₂D₁₀	164.2	162	164	19.47	20.12	1.52
Acenaphthene	Ace	83-32-9	C₁₂H₁₀	154.2	153	154	19.61	20.28	1.52
Fluorene	F	86-73-7	C₁₃H₁₀	166.2	166	165	21.61	22.28	1.53
Phenanthrene-d₁₀^a	Phen-d₁₀	1518-22-2	C₁₄D₁₀	188.2	188	189	25.91	25.96	1.68
Phenanthrene	Phen	85-01-8	C₁₄H₁₀	178.2	178	179	26.01	26.04	1.71
Anthracene	Ant	120-12-7	C₁₄H₁₀	178.2	178	179	26.14	26.20	1.68
Fluoranthene-d₁₀^a	Fla-d₁₀	93951-69-0	C₁₆D₁₀	212.2	212	213	30.99	30.68	1.84
Fluoranthene	Fla	206-44-0	C₁₆H₁₀	202.2	202	203	31.08	30.68	1.87
Pyrene	Pyr	129-00-0	C₁₆H₁₀	202.2	202	203	32.25	31.56	1.98
Benz[a]anthracene	BaA	56-55-3	C₁₈H₁₂	228.2	228	226	37.20	36.28	2.21
Chrysene-d₁₂^a	Chr-d₁₂	1719-03-5	C₁₈D₁₂	240.3	240	236	37.42	36.28	2.27
Chrysene	Chr	218-01-9	C₁₈H₁₂	228.3	228	226	37.54	36.44	2.26
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	BbF	205-99-2	C₂₀H₁₂	252.3	252	253	41.55	40.12	2.76
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	BkF	207-08-9	C₂₀H₁₂	252.3	252	253	41.65	40.28	2.74
Benzo[e]pyrene	BeP	192-97-2	C₂₀H₁₂	252.3	252	253	42.90	41.08	3.16
Benzo[a]pyrene	BaP	50-32-8	C₂₀H₁₂	252.3	252	253	43.09	41.24	3.23
Perylene-d₁₂^a	Per-d₁₂	1520-96-3	C₂₀D₁₂	264.3	264	260	43.46	41.40	3.36
Perylene	Per	198-55-0	C₂₀H₁₂	252.3	252	253	43.57	41.48	3.47
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene	IP	193-39-5	C₂₂H₁₂	276.3	276	277	48.09	45.48	0.71
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene	DBahAnt	53-70-3	C₂₂H₁₄	278.3	278	279	48.12	45.64	0.82
Benzo[ghi]perylene-d₁₂^a	BghiPer-d₁₂	93951-66-7	C₂₂D₁₂	288.3	288	284	49.92	46.52	1.54
Benzo[ghi]perylene	BghiPer	191-24-2	C₂₂H₁₂	276.3	276	277	50.13	46.68	1.78

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