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. 2015 Jul 30;5:12629. doi: 10.1038/srep12629

Table 1. Compounds identified through PTR-Analysis.

Compound sa Measured, m/zb Protonated chemical formulac Chemical and functional grouping cd Tentative of identificationse Theoretical, m/zf Compound classificationg PTR-TOF citationsh Tuber magnatum citationsi Tuberspp. Citationsl bVOCs citationsm
1 27.025 C2H3+ H1 Acetylene 27.0229 O       46
2 29.039 C2H5+ H2 Alkyl fragment (ethanol) 29.0386 O 21      
3 31.042 CH3O+ O1 Formaldheyde 31.0178 X       46
4 33.033 CH5O+ O2 Methanol 33.0335 X 21,26 18 27  
5 34.995 H3S+ S1 Hydrogen sulfide 34.9949 X 21     44,51
6 41.039 C3H5 + H3 Alkyl fragment 41.0385 X 20,21,26      
7 42.034 C2H4N+ O3 Acetonitrile 42.0338 X 21,26      
8 43.018 C2H3O+ O4 Alkyl fragment (ethenone) 43.0178 X 26      
9 43.054 C3H7+ H4 Alkyl fragment (propene) 43.0542 X 26     46
10 45.033 C2H5O+ O5 Acetaldehyde 45.0334 X 21,26 18 12,14,15,46,47  
11 46.990 CH3S+ S2 Methanethial 46.9949 O       48
12 47.013 CH3O2+ O6 Formic acid 47.0128 O 21,26     46
13 47.049 C2H7O+ O7 Ethanol 47.0491 X 21,26 10,12,18,49   14,46,47,50
14 49.011 CH5S+ S3 Methanethiol 49.0106 X 21,26 5,10,18   46,47,51
15 53.038 C4H5+ H5 Cyclobutadiene 53.0385 O       52,53
16 55.054 C4H7+ H6 Alkyl fragment 55.0542 X 26      
17 57.034 C3H5O+ O8 2-Propenal (Acrolein) 57.0334 O 21     54
18 57.068 C4H9+ H7 1-Butene (alkyl fragment) 57.0699 X 21     55
19 59.049 C3H7O+ O9 2-Propanone (acetone) 59.0491 X 21,26 10,12 14,15 46,47,56,57
20 61.028 C2H5O2 + O10 Acetic acid 61.0284 X 21,26 49 12,15 46,47,58,59,60
21 63.026 C2H7S+ S4 Dimethyl sulfide 63.0262 X 21,26 5,10,12,18,49 14,15,16,17 46,51
22 65.023 CH5O3+ O11 Methanetriol 65.0233 O       61
23 67.054 C5H7+ H8 3-Penten-1-yne 67.0542 X     62  
24 68.05 C4H6N+ O12 Pyrrole 68.0494 X 20 10,11    
25 69.033 C4H5O+ T1 Furan 69.0336 X 20   63  
26 69.070 C5H9+ T2 2-Methyl-1,3- butadiene (isoprene) 69.0698 X 21   12 51,56
27 71.049 C4H7O+ O13 3-Buten-2-one 71.0491 X   10    
28 71.086 C5H11+ H9 Alkyl fragment (several compounds) 71.0855 O 20,26      
29 73.03 C3H5O2+ O14 Acrylic Acid 73.0284 X     15  
30 73.065 C4H9O+ O15 2-Butanone 73.0648 X 21,26   12,14,15,17,27 64
31 74.061 C3H8NO+ O16 Dimethylformamide 74.0610 O       65
32 75.044 C3H7O2+ O17 Methyl acetate 75.0441 X 21   14  
33 75.080 C4H11O+ O18 2-Methyl-1-propanol (isobutanol) 75.0804 X     12,27 46,51,56,60,64
34 77.01 C3H9S+ S5 1-Propanethiol 77.0055 O       55
35 78.046 C2H6OS+ S6 (Methylsulfinyl)methanide 78.0133 O       45
36 79.021 C2H7OS+ S7 Dimethyl sulfoxide (Sulfinylbismethane) 79.0212 X   18    
37 80.049 C5H6N+ O19 Pyridine 80.0494 X 20   27  
38 81.000 CH5S2+ S8 Bis(methylthio) methane 80.9827 X   10    
39 81.069 C6H9+ H10 Alkyl fragment (hexenals/hexenols/terpenoids) 81.0699 X 21,25,26      
40 82.06 C6H10+ H11 Cyclopentenyl carbenium 82.0777 #        
41 83.049 C5H7O+ T3 2-Methylfuran 83.0491 X 20 10 12 51
42 85.029 C4H5O2+ T4 5 h-Furan-2-one 85.0284 X     27  
43 86.018 C4H6S+ S9 Thiophenium 86.0184 O       66
44 87.043 C4H7O2+ O20 Butan-4-olide 87.0441 X     15 51
45 87.081 C5H11O+ O21 2-Methylbutanal 87.0804 X   12 15,17 46
46 88.030 C4H8S+ S10 3,4-Dihydro-2H-thiophene 88.0341 O       66
47 89.041 C4H9S+ S11 Allyl methyl sulfide 89.0419 X   5,9 12  
48 89.056 C4H9O2+ O22 3-Hydroxy-2-butanone (acetoin) 89.0597 X 21   15,27 46,50,51,60,67
49 91.055 C4H11O2+ O23 2-3-Butanediol 91.0753 X     12,27 46,51,67
50 93.035 C3H9OS+ S12 2-Methylmercaptoethanol 93.0368 O       51,68
51 93.068 C7H9+ AH1 Methylbenzene (toluene) 93.0698 X 21   12,15,69 55
52 95.010 C2H7O2S+ S13 Dimethyl sulfone 95.0035 X 20,26 10,18    
53 97.025 C5H5O2 + T5 Furfural (2-Furancarboxaldehyde) 97.0284 X 25   15 46,67
54 97.065 C6H9O+ T6 2,4-Dimethylfuran 97.0647 X 20 10    
55 99.044 C5H7O2+ T7 4-Methyl-5 h-furan-2-one 99.080 X 20   27  
56 101.045 C5H9S+ S14 2-Methyl-4,5-dihydrothiophene 101.0419 X 20   13,27  
57 101.060 C5H9O2 + O24 2,3-Pentanedione 101.0597 X 21,26 10    
58 103.050 C8H7+ AH2 Ethynylbenzene 103.0543 X     12,62  
59 103.076 C5H11O2+ O25 4-Hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone 103.0754 X     14  
60 105.037 C4H9OS+ S15 Methional 105.0368 X   5 16,27 51
61 105.060 C4H9O3+ O26 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid 105.0546 X   10    
62 106.995 C3H7O2S+ S16 2-Methylthioacetic acid 107.0161 X   5    
63 107.086 C8H1 1 + AH3 1,3-Dimethylbenzene terpenes fragment 107.0855 X 21   15  
64 109.010 C6H5S+ S17 2-Ethynylthiophene 109.0106 #        
65 109.065 C7H9O+ P1 Anisole 109.0647 X     12,15  
66 111.044 C6H7O2+ T8 2-Acetylfuran 111.0431 O 20     51,70
67 111.104 C8H15+ T9 4-Methyl-1,3-heptadiene 111.1168 X     27  
68 113.040 C6H9S S18 2,5-Dimethylthiophene 113.0419 #        
69 113.100 C7H13O+ T10 2-Heptenal 113.0960 X     15  
70 115.020 C5H7OS+ S19 2-Methyl-3-furanthiol 115.0212 X     16  
71 115.075 C6H11O2+ P2 3,5-Dimethyldiidro-2(3 h)-furanone 115.0746 X 20 10   51
72 117.078 C6H13S+ S20 Cyclopentyl-1-thiaethane (methylsulfanyl cyclopentane) 117.0732 X     27  
73 119.06 C6H15S+ S21 1-(Methylthio)pentane 119.0385 X   5    
74 121.065 C5H13OS+ S22 2-Hydroxyethyl propyl sulfide 121.0681 X   5    
75 121.101 C9H1 3+ AH4 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 121.0647 X     15  
76 123.045 C4H11O2S+ S23 Diethanol sulfide 123.0474 X   5    
77 123.080 C8H11O+ P3 1-Methoxy-3-methylbenzene 123.0804 X     12,14,15,27  
78 125.010 C3H9OS2+ S24 (Methylsulfinyl)(methylthio)methane 125.0089 X   5    
79 125.096 C8H13O+ T11 2-Butylfuran 125.0961 X 26 10    
80 127.035 C6H7O3+ T12 Methyl 2-Furancarboxylate 127.0389 O       51,71,72
81 127.112 C8H15O+ O27 1-Octen-3-one 127.1117 X 26 10    
82 129.070 C10H9+ AH5 Naphthalene 129.0698 X     15 50
83 129.127 C8H17O+ T13 c8 aldehydes and ketones (2-octanone) 129.1273 X 26 10    
84 131.085 C7H15S+ S25 Methylsulfanylcyclohexane 131.0888 X     27  
85 131.107 C7H15O2+ O28 Ethyl 2- methylbutanoate (Ethyl 2-methylbutyrate) 131.1066 X     12,14,27  
86 133.101 C10H13+ T14 p-Cymenene 133.1011 X   10    
87 135.117 C10H15+ T15 p-Cymene 135.1168 X   5,18    
88 137.134 C10H17+ T16 Terpenes (Limonene) 137.1325 X 26 5,10,18,49    
89 139.148 C9H15O+ T17 2-Pentylfuran 139.1117 X   10 12,15 50
90 141.130 C9H17O+ T18 3-Nonen-2-one (several compounds) 141.1273 X   10    
91 143.144 C9H19O+ O29 Nonanal 143.1430 X 20,26 10   73
92 143.107 C8H15O2+ O30 2,3-Octanedione 143.066 X 26,30   15  
93 145.076 C10H9O+ T19 3-Phenyl-furan 145.043 X     27  
94 147.120 C8H19S+ S26 2-Ethyl-1-hexanethiol 147.1201 X   5    
95 149.130 C11H17+ AH6 (1-Ethylpropyl)benzene 149.1324 X     27  
96 151.065 C6H15S2+ S27 Methyl pentyl disulfide 151.0609 X   5    
97 153.130 C10H17O+ T20 2-Methyl-5-(1-methylethenyl)-2-cyclohexen-1-ol (Carveol) 153.1273 X 25 5    
98 155.010 C4H11S3+ S28 Diethyl trisulfide 155.0017 X   5    
99 157.159 C10H21O+ O31 Decanal 157.1586 X 22 10    
100 159.140 C9H19O2+ O32 2-Methylbutyl 2-methylpropanoate 159.1379 X     12,27  
101 161.155 C9H21O2+ O33 1,9-Nonanediol 161.1536 O       55,74
102 163.075 C11H1 5O+ O34 3-Methyl-2-(penta-2,4-dienyl)cyclopent-2-enone 163.0753 X     75  
103 167.140 C11H1 9O+ T21 2-Heptylfuran 167.1430 X   10   50
104 169.085 C9H13O3+ P4 1,2,4-Trimethoxybenzene 169.0859 O     12  
105 171.080 C12H1 1 O+ O35 2-Undecanone 171.0804 X   10    
106 175.010 C6H7O4S+ S29 4-Hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid 175.0059 X   5    
107 187.11 C13H1 5O+ P5 2-Hydroxy-4-isopropylnaphthalene 187.1117 X     27  
108 195.180 C13H23O+ T22 6,10-Dimethyl-5,9-undecadien-2-one (geranylacetone) 195.1743 X     17,75,76  
109 197.050 C7H17S3+ S30 Methyl(methylthio)methyl Disulfide 197.0486 X   5   77
110 205.195 C15H25+ T23 Sesquiterpenes 205.195 X 25 5    
111 223.200 C15H27O+ T24 Cedrol 223.2056 X   5    

aCompound rank.

bMass to charge ratio measured by the Mass Spectrometer.

cCompound’s Chemical formula (H+ added by protonation).

dCompound classification based on their chemical and biochemical properties: AH aromatic hydrocarbon, H hydrocarbon, P phenol, S sulfur compound, T terpene, O others.

ePutative identifications according to spectral properties.

fTheoretical mass to charge ratio found in literature or PTR-TOF-MS manual.

gCompounds were marked related to their bibliography, X = Previously published in Tuber magnatum or Tuber spp., O = Similar signal properties to previously published compounds, # = Signals not previously reported.

hPTR-TOF-MS articles where molecule was reported.

iT. magnatum citations of molecule.

lTuber spp. citation of that article.

mbiological Volatile Organic Compounds (bVOC) previously reported.