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. 2012 Dec 12;911(1):84–92. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.10.028

Table 2.

Average retention times and calculated reduced ion mobilities (K0) with standard deviations, numbers of replications (n) for identified compounds measured in gas standards and in skin samples using GC–IMS.

Substance CAS Retention time (gas standards)
n = 14 (s)
Reduced mobilities K0 (gas standards)
n = 14 (cm2 V−1 s−1)
Retention time (sample)
n = 30 (s)
Reduced mobilities K0 (sample)
n = 30 (cm2 V−1 s−1)
3-Methyl-2-butenal 598-75-4 10.7 ± 0.4 1.201 ± 0.018 10.8 ± 0.3 1.220 ± 0.010
Sec-butylacetate 105-46-4 12.7 ± 0.1 1.058 ± 0.022 12.8 ± 0.4 1.081 ± 0.024
Benzaldehyde 100-52-7 26.5 ± 0.7 1.149 ± 0.005 27.1 ± 0.3 1.145 ± 0.002
6-Methylhept-5-en-2-one 110-93-0 31.4 ± 0.3 1.135 ± 0.007 31.6 ± 0.3 1.142 ± 0.006
Octanal 124-13-0 33.53 ± 0.8 0.949 ± 0.011 34.1 ± 0.2 0.952 ± 0.015
2-Ethyl-hexanol 104-76-7 42.3 ± 0.8 0.936 ± 0.008 43.9 ± 0.7 0.951 ± 0.011
Nonanal 124-19-6 72.4 ± 0.5 0.904 ± 0.008 73.4 ± 0.4 0.909 ± 0.008
Decanal 112-31-2 172.7 ± 1.3 0.866 ± 0.009 174.4 ± 1.2 0.873 ± 0.008
Ammonia 7664-41-7 6.5 ± 0.4 1.953 ± 0.005 6.4 ± 0.3 1.955 ± 0.004
Ethanol 64-17-5 6.2 ± 0.3 1.526 ± 0.008 6.2 ± 0.2 1.516 ± 0.007