title: Systematic characterisation of long-chain aliphatic esters of wool wax by gas chromatography-electron impact ionisation mass spectrometry.
abstract: A detailed structural characterisation of the aliphatic high-molecular-mass esters extracted from raw wool based on high-temperature gas chromatography-electron impact ionisation mass spectrometry is described. The raw wool esters extracted are in the range of C37 to C54 (i.e., molecular mass 550-788). The selected ion chromatogram exhibited four isomers for the esters with an odd number of carbon atoms (i:a, i:n, a:n and n:n) and five for those with an even number of carbon atoms (i:i, a:a, i:n, a:n and n:n). Isomeric structural elucidation is discussed with respect to the long-chain fatty acid and long-chain fatty alcohol structures, on the basis of chromatographic retention behaviour and mass spectral information.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research and Development for Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Zaharie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Moldovan
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jover
authors.forename: José Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bayona
mesh_terms: D004952:Esters / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D007536:Isomerism; D007809:Lanolin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004952:Esters; D007809:Lanolin