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dc.contributor.advisor | McCarry, B. E. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Chun-Ling | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-01T13:29:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-01T13:29:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/19419 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p> Coal tar is a rich source of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC) which include hydrocarbons (PAH), sulfur-containing aromatics (PASH), nitrogen-containing aromatics and high molecular mass PAH. The separation of coal tar into four fractions was carried out on activated (170°C, 48 hrs) neutral alumina. Low mass aromatics and aliphatics were eluted with hexane in fraction A1 (2.2% recovery), while PAH/PASH were eluted by benzene in fraction A2 (25%). High molecular mass PAH were eluted by dichloromethane in fraction A3 (5.5%) and nitrogen-containing aromatics were eluted by methanol in fraction A4 (21%). These fractions were characterized by normal phase liquid chromatography, GCMS, probe mass spectrometry (for fractions A3 and A4) and LC-MS (for fraction A3).</p> <p> While ratio of PASH to PAH in fraction A2 was rather unfavorable (25:1), the separation of PASH from PAH was attempted using two methods: an oxidation/reduction method and a ligand exchange method. The oxidation/reduction method of Lee was a complete failure. The PdCl2-silica method of Nishioka was partially successful. Of the 25 thia-arenes identified in fraction A2, 12 eluted with the PAH while the other 13 were either partially (5) or fully (8) retained by the PdCl2-silica gel column and then eluted later to give a sulfur-enriched fraction. This fraction was further separated using normal phase HPLC to afford sulfur-containing compounds with molecular masses between 184 amu and 258 amu which exhibited almost no contamination due to PAH. Thus, it would be possible to purify about one-half of the PASH from a complex mixture such as coal tar.</p> <p> Fraction A3 which contained high mass PAH was subjected to semi-preparative normal phase HPLC to afford several high molecular mass PAH fractions. The 326 amu PAH fraction was selected because it contributed to 10% of the genotoxic of the mixture. This fraction was further separated by normal phase HPLC and the subfractions were analyzed by reversed-phase HPLC with diode-array detection. Thirty-five peaks were collected from the reversed-phase HPLC analysis and were characterized by probe mass spectrometry and fluorescence spectroscopy (in part). Of the 35 peaks, 8 peaks were eluted in the mutagenic active range; these eight compounds will be evaluated using the Ames assay to determine which are active mutagens.</p> | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | separation, characterization, thia-arenes, high mass, polycyclic, aromatic, hydrocarbons, coal tar | en_US |
dc.title | Separation and Characterization of Thia-Arenes and High Mass Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Coal Tar | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Chemistry | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Science (MSc) | en_US |
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