title: Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography in combination with rapid scanning quadrupole mass spectrometry in perfume analysis.
abstract: Single column gas chromatography (GC) in combination with a flame ionization detector (FID) and/or a mass spectrometer is routinely employed in the determination of perfume profiles. The latter are to be considered medium to highly complex matrices and, as such, can only be partially separated even on long capillaries. Inevitably, several monodimensional peaks are the result of two or more overlapping components, often hindering reliable identification and quantitation. The present investigation is based on the use of a comprehensive GC (GC x GC) method, in vacuum outlet conditions, for the near to complete resolution of a complex perfume sample. A rapid scanning quadrupole mass spectrometry (qMS) system, employed for the assignment of GC x GC peaks, supplied high quality mass spectra. The validity of the three-dimensional (3D) GC x GC-qMS application was measured and compared to that of GC-qMS analysis on the same matrix. Peak identification, in all applications, was achieved through MS spectra library matching and the interactive use of linear retention indices (LRI).
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Farmaco-Chimico, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università di Messina, viale Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy. lmondello@pharma.unime.it
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mondello
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casillia
authors.forename: Peter Quinto
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Tranchida
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dugo
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dugo
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D010476:Perfume / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010476:Perfume