Identification and quantitation of phenolic compounds present in forest smoke particulate, 1981

Samples of forest fire smoke obtained by methylene chloride extraction of smoke condensate containing mixtures of phenols, were resolved by gas chromato�graphy using a 25 m x 0.5 mm (I.D.) Chromapack Cp-Sil column. The conversion of these compounds to their trimethylsilylethers using silane reagents reduced their adsorption on the column and allowed for their quantitative determination by using the cut and weigh peak area determination method. The compounds identified and quantified were furfuryl alcohol; 5-methyl- furfural; a-naphthol; anthracene; 1,8,9-trihydroxyanthracene; hydroquinone; resorcinol; catechol; phloroglucinol; eugenol; guaiacol; phenol; 3,5-dimethoxy- phenol; 1,4-dihydroxynaphthalene; isoeugenol; 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde (vanillin) 2,6-dimethylphenol; 2,3-dimethoxyphenol; and 2-methylresorcinol