Bicyclic naphthenic acids in oil sands process water: Identification by comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1378, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-87

  Wilde, Michael J ^a   West, Charles E ^a,c   Scarlett, Alan G ^a   Jones, David ^a   Frank, Richard A ^b   Hewitt, L Mark ^b   Rowland, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bicyclics; GC GC MS; Naphthenic acids

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HEPTANE; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; OIL WELLS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARAFFINS; SPECTROMETRY;

ALKYL SUBSTITUENT; BICYCLICS; BICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE; BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCT; MULTIDIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS PROCESS WATERS; OIL SANDS PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BICYCLIC NAPHTHENIC ACID; BICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTANE; BICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE; BICYCLO[3.1.1]HEPTANE; BICYCLO[3.2.1]OCTANE; BICYCLO[3.2.2]NONANE; BICYCLO[3.3.0]OCTANE; BICYCLO[3.3.1]NONANE; BICYCLO[3.3.2]DECANE; BICYCLO[4.2.0]OCTANE; BICYCLO[4.2.1]NONANE; BICYCLO[4.2.2]DECANE; BICYCLO[4.3.0]NONANE; BICYCLO[5.3.0]DECANE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DECALIN; SPIRO[4.5]DECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DECANE; ESTER; NAPHTHENIC ACID; NONANE; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OIL SANDS PROCESS WATER; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OIL AND GAS FIELD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84920690314     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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