TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of the C30H16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon benzo[cd]naphtho[1,2,3-lm]perylene as a product of the supercritical pyrolysis of a synthetic jet fuel
AU - Oña, Jorge O.
AU - Wornat, Mary J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been supported by the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research, grant numbers FA9550-05-1-0253 and FA9550-04-1-0005. The authors wish to thank Dr. Tim Edwards, of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Dr. He Huang, of the United Technologies Research Center, for providing the synthetic jet fuel product sample. They also thank Dr. Arthur Lafleur and Ms. Elaine Plummer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. John Fetzer, Chevron Research and FETZPAHS; and Professor Maximilian Zander, Rütgerswerke, for PAH reference standards and UV spectra. Finally, the authors would like to express their gratitude to Dr. Xia Zhang for her technical contributions.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - Using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet-visible (UV) diode-array and mass spectrometric detection, we have analyzed the products of a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic jet fuel pyrolyzed, under supercritical conditions, at 710C and 42 atm. An eight-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, benzo[cd]naphtho[1,2,3-lm]perylene, has been unequivocally identified among the product components by its characteristic ultraviolet-visible absorbance spectrum. First, the unknown product component's HPLC elution behavior and UV absorbance characteristics indicated that it was a planar benzologue of dibenzo[cd,lm]perylene, having a high length-to-breadth ratio. Next, the mass spectrum established the isomer family of the unknown compound as C30H16. The UV absorption spectrum was then progressively analyzed with different solvents to achieve the final identification of benzo[cd]naphtho[1,2,3-lm]perylene. Benzo[cd]naphtho[1,2,3-lm]perylene has never before been reported as a product in any combustion or pyrolysis study.
AB - Using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet-visible (UV) diode-array and mass spectrometric detection, we have analyzed the products of a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic jet fuel pyrolyzed, under supercritical conditions, at 710C and 42 atm. An eight-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, benzo[cd]naphtho[1,2,3-lm]perylene, has been unequivocally identified among the product components by its characteristic ultraviolet-visible absorbance spectrum. First, the unknown product component's HPLC elution behavior and UV absorbance characteristics indicated that it was a planar benzologue of dibenzo[cd,lm]perylene, having a high length-to-breadth ratio. Next, the mass spectrum established the isomer family of the unknown compound as C30H16. The UV absorption spectrum was then progressively analyzed with different solvents to achieve the final identification of benzo[cd]naphtho[1,2,3-lm]perylene. Benzo[cd]naphtho[1,2,3-lm]perylene has never before been reported as a product in any combustion or pyrolysis study.
KW - Benzo[cd]naphtho[1,2,3-lm]perylene
KW - High-pressure liquid chromatography
KW - Mass spectrometry
KW - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
KW - Solvent effects
KW - Ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra
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U2 - 10.1080/10406630701333885
DO - 10.1080/10406630701333885
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34250310315
VL - 27
SP - 165
EP - 183
JO - Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
JF - Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
SN - 1040-6638
IS - 3
ER -