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dc.contributor.authorRowland, S.
dc.contributor.authorWest, C.
dc.contributor.authorScarlett, Alan
dc.contributor.authorJones, D.
dc.contributor.authorBoberek, M.
dc.contributor.authorPan, L.
dc.contributor.authorNg, M.
dc.contributor.authorKwong, L.
dc.contributor.authorTonkin, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:02:46Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:02:46Z
dc.date.created2015-12-10T04:26:04Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationRowland, S. and West, C. and Scarlett, A. and Jones, D. and Boberek, M. and Pan, L. and Ng, M. et al. 2011. Monocyclic and monoaromatic naphthenic acids: Synthesis and characterisation. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 9 (4): pp. 525-533.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7840
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10311-011-0314-6
dc.description.abstract

Characterisation of the complex mixtures of carboxylic acids (naphthenic acids) occurring in crude oils and in degraded oil sands is environmentally important. Indeed some acids in waters from oil platforms are apparently hormonally active, and the oil sands acids are said to be toxic to a wide range of biota. Previous attempts to identify monocyclic and monoaromatic naphthenic acids have been hampered by the lack of authenticated synthetic reference compounds. Some studies have indicated that acids with ethanoic acid side chains are present in the naphthenic acids mixtures, so in the present study, we synthesised and characterised by mass spectrometry, a range (C8-14) of monoaromatic and monocyclic ethanoic acids. Using 2-D comprehensive gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, we then compared the retention times and mass spectra of the synthetic acids with those of a commercial naphthenic acids mixture. Some alicyclic and numerous aromatic acids were successfully identified. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.

dc.titleMonocyclic and monoaromatic naphthenic acids: Synthesis and characterisation
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume9
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage525
dcterms.source.endPage533
dcterms.source.issn1610-3653
dcterms.source.titleEnvironmental Chemistry Letters
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