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. 2023 Jul 18;8(30):27674–27687. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03558

Table 2. Summary Table of Aromatic Maturity Parameters Established by Previous Researchers.

parameter category abbreviation m/z calculation formula references
alkylnaphthalenes methylnaphthalene (MN) MNR 142 2-MN/1-MN (49)−51
dimethylnaphthalene (DMN) DNR-1 156 (2,6-DMN + 2,7-DMN)/1,5-DMN
DNR-2 156 2,7-DMN/1,8-DMN
DNR-3 156 2,6-DMN/1,8-DMN
DNR-4 156 1,7-DMN/1,8-DMN
DNR-5 156 1,6-DMN/1,8-DMN
trimethylnaphthalene (TMN) TMNr 170 2,3,6-TMN/(1,4,6-TMN + 1,2,5-TMN) (52)−54
TMNr1 170 2,3,6-TMN/(1,4,6-TMN + 1,3,5-TMN)
TMNr2 170 (2,3,6-TMN + 1,3,7-TMN)/(1,4,6-TMN + 1,3,5-TMN + 1,3,6-TMN)
TMNr3 170 1,3,7-TMN/(1,3,7-TMN + 1,2,5-TMN)
tetramethylnaphthalene (TeMN) TeMNr 184 1,3,6,7-TeMN/(1,3,6,7-TeMN + 1,2,5,7-TeMN)
pentamethylnaphthalene (PMN) PMNr 198 1,2,4,6,7-PMN/(1,2,4,6,7-PMN + 1,2,3,5,6-PMN)
alkylphenanthrenes methylphenanthrene (MP) MPI1 192 1.5 × (2-MP + 3-MP)/(P + 1-MP + 9-MP) (8)
MPI2 192 3 × (2-MP)/(P + 1-MP + 9-MP)
MPI3 192 (2-MP + 3-MP)/(1-MP + 9-MP)
MPR 192 (2-MP)/(1-MP) (9)
F1 192 (3-MP + 2-MP)/(1-MP + 2-MP + 3-MP + 9-MP)
F2 192 2-MP/(1-MP + 2-MP + 3-MP + 9-MP)
dimethylphenanthrene DPR 206 (2,6-MP + 2,7-MP)/(1,6-MP + 2,10-MP)
DPR2 206 2,7-MP/1,8-MP
alkyldibenzothiophenes methyldibenzothiophene (MDBT) MDR 198 4-MDBT/1-MDBT (55)
MDBI 198 4-MDBT/DBT + 1-MDBT + 2-MDBT + 3-MDBT + 4-MDBT (56)
dimethyldibenzothiophene (DMDBT) DMDBT1 212 4,6-DMDBT/1,4-DMDBT (13),55
DMDBT2 212 2,4-DMDBT/1,4-DMDBT
DMDBT3 212 2,6-DMDBT/1,4-DMDBT
DMDBT4 212 4,6- DMDBT/(1,4- DMDBT + 1,6-DMDBT)
DMDBT5 212 (2,6-DMDBT + 3,6-DMDBT)/(1,4-DMDBT + 1,6-DMDBT)