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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Toxicol Chem. 2010 Nov;29(11):2450–2460. doi: 10.1002/etc.301

Table 1.

Ketone and quinone-sustituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (OPAH) properties and structures are provided for each analyte in the method. Quantition ion (Quant ion) for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis is shown here. Qualifier ions can be found in the Supplemental Data. Analytes identified as Quantitative met quality control standards for accuracy and precision.

OPAH Abbreviation CAS No. MW Formula Quant Ion IDL (pg) Structure Type
9-Fluorenone 9-FLUO 486-25-9 180.2 C13H8O 180 0.5 file Quantitative
Acenapthenequinone ACYQ 82-86-0 182.2 C12H6O2 126 50 file Semi-quantitative
9-Fluorenone-D8 na 137219-34-2 188.3 C13D8O 188.1 n/a NA Surrogate
4H-Cyclopenta[def]phenanthren-4-one CP[def]PHEO 5737-13-3 204.2 C15H8O 204 1 file Quantitative
9,10-Phenthrenequinone 9,10-PHEQ 84-11-7 208.2 C14H8O2 180 500 file Semi-quantitative
9,10-Anthraquinone 9,10-ANTQ 84-65-1 208.2 C14H8O2 208 5 file Quantitative
1,4-Anthraquinone 1,4-ANTQ 635-12-1 208.2 C14H8O2 208 50 file Quantitative
Phenanthrene-1,4-dione 1,4-PHEQ 569-15-3 208.2 C14H8O2 216 50 file Semi-quantitative
9,10-Anthraquinone-D8 NA 10439-39-1 216.3 C14D8O2 216.1 n/a NA Surrogate
Benzanthrone BEZO 82-05-3 230.3 C17H10O 230 10 file Quantitative
Benzofluorenone BFLUO 479-79-8 230.3 C17H10O 230 0.5 file Quantitative
Aceanthracenequinone ACAQ 6373-11-1 232.2 C16H8O2 204 50 file Semi-quantitative
Benzo[cd ]pyrenone B[cd ]PYRO 3074-00-8 254.3 C19H10O 254 10 file Quantitative
7,12-Benz[a ]anthracenquinone 7,12-Ba AQ 2498-66-0 258.3 C18H10O2 258 10 file Quantitative
5,12-Naphthacenequinone 5,12-NAPQ 1090-13-7 258.3 C18H10O2 258 10 file Quantitative
Benzo[c ]phenanthrene-[1,4]quinone B[c]PHE1,4Q 109699-80-1 258.3 C18H10O2 258 100 file Semi-quantitative

MW= molecular weight, Quant Ion = m/z ratio used for quantification, IDL= instrumental detection limit (peak to peak signal/noise >3), NA= not applicable