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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Analyst. 2013 Mar 7;138(5):1405–1418. doi: 10.1039/c2an36193k

Table 1.

Retention times Rt (min), LODs (ppb), RSDs (%), coefficients of variation (R2), linear ranges (ppb) of compounds under study and levels of species in the multicompound test mixture. Compounds are ordered with respect to retention time

VOC CAS Rt [min] Test mixture level [ppb] RSD [%] LOD [ppb] R2 Linear range [ppb] Quantifier ion
Isobutane 75-28-5 10.90 6   6.7 0.32 0.998 1–30   43
2-Butene, (E) 624-64-6 11.01   1.8 0.3 0.995 1–17   56
2-Butene, (Z) 590-18-1 11.11   3 0.3 0.994 1–22   56
Acetonitrile 75-05-8 11.44 42   7.4 4 0.999 12–62   41
n-Butane 106-97-8 11.85 6.2   4.3 0.19 0.987 0.63–25   43
Furan 110-00-9 13.39 12   2.1 0.22 0.999 0.6–22   68
Propanal 123-38-6 13.51 22   2.6 0.6 0.997 2–45   58
Acetone 67-64-1 13.65 720   2.6 0.74 0.999 3–1000   58
Dimethyl sulfide 75-18-3 14.33 10   1.5 0.1 0.999 0.3–30   62
Methyl acetate 79-20-9 15.06 12   2.2 0.14 0.999 0.4–25   43
Ethyl ether 60-29-7 15.94 8   1.2 0.29 0.999 1–20   74
Isoprene 78-79-5 16.10 106   1.3 0.1 0.999 0.5–175   67
2-Pentene, (E) 646-04-8 16.32 8   1.6 0.1 0.999 0.4–10   55
2-Pentene, (Z) 627-20-3 16.48 5   2.5 0.14 0.998 0.3–6   55
n-Pentane 109-66-0 16.57 6.2   1.6 0.11 0.996 0.4–25   43
Dimethyl selenide 593-79-3 16.76 10   3 0.23 0.998 0.6–12.2   95
2-Propenal, 2-methyl- 78-85-3 16.98   1 0.11 0.998 0.4–29   70
Propanal, 2-methyl- 78-84-2 17.25   6.5 0.26 0.997 0.8–15.7   43
3-Buten-2-one 78-94-4 17.59   5 0.19 0.998 0.6–23   55
Butanal 123-72-8 18.03   3 0.4 0.988 1.2–12   72
Furan, 2-methyl- 534-22-5 18.10 7   2 0.1 0.998 0.3–18   82
2-Butanone 78-93-3 18.20 9   7 0.13 0.997 0.4–36   43
Furan, 3-methyl- 930-27-8 18.39   3 0.15 0.997 0.4–20   82
Ethyl acetate 141-78-6 18.96 8   2.2 0.13 0.996 0.4–17   43
Thiophene 110-02-1 19.93 9   3.3 0.15 0.999 0.45–21   84
1-Pentene, 2-methyl- 763-29-1 19.95   3.2 0.1 0.999 0.3–15   56
Pentane, 2-methyl- 107-83-5 20 9.5   1 0.18 0.999 0.55–11   43
Pentane, 3-methyl- 96-14-0 20.19   1.5 0.1 0.999 0.4–12   57
1-Hexene 592-41-6 20.22 9   1.7 0.2 0.999 0.6–10   56
Benzene 71-43-2 20.38 12   3.8 0.3 0.998 1–36   78
Cyclopentane, methyl- 96-37-7 20.45   9 0.1 0.991 0.3–11   56
n-Hexane 110-54-3 20.70 6.2   1.6 0.12 0.995 0.4–25   57
Pyrimidine 289-95-2 21.70 10   9 0.1 0.972 0.4–28   80
2-Pentanone 107-87-9 21.98 8   2.2 0.1 0.998 0.4–24   43
Furan, 2,5-dimethyl- 625-86-5 22.04 7.5   1.4 0.08 0.999 0.3–15   96
Methyl methacrylate 80-62-6 22.11   1.6 0.11 0.999 0.4–18   69
n-Propyl acetate 109-60-4 22.71   1.3 0.15 0.999 0.5–17   43
Methyl propyl sulfide 3877-15-4 22.73 6   2.1 0.04 0.996 0.2–30   61
Thiophene, 3-methyl- 616-44-4 24.00 6.5   4.2 0.1 0.996 0.3–22   97
Toluene 108-88-3 24.30 12   2.9 0.1 0.993 0.3–30   91
Hexanal 66-25-1 25.76 5   9 0.4 0.996 1.2–10   56
n-Butyl acetate 123-86-4 26.21 6   2.1 0.4 0.995 1.2–12   56
Heptane, 4-methyl- 589-53-7 26.76   2.8 0.24 0.989 0.6–11.6   43
Ethylbenzene 100-41-4 27.45   7 0.25 0.989 0.75–13   91
n-Octane 111-65-9 27.60 8   2.8 0.1 0.998 0.3–14   85
p-Xylene 106-42-3 27.72 8.5   8 0.07 0.986 0.3–18   91
o-Xylene 95-47-6 28.03   6 0.15 0.991 0.4–15   91
4-Heptanone 123-19-3 28.36 5   6.3 0.06 0.978 0.2–17   71
Heptane, 2,4-dimethyl- 2213-23-2 28.98   5.9 0.1 0.987 0.3–8.8   85
1-Heptene, 2,4-dimethyl- 19549-87-2 29.05   6 0.12 0.986 0.4–9   83
Octane, 4-methyl- 2216-34-4 29.76 7   3.4 0.2 0.995 0.6–11   43
α-Pinene 80-56-8 30.81 6   8 0.46 0.985 1.4–19   93
Octanal 124-13-0 31.87 3 11 0.3 0.974 1–17   84
(+)-3-Carene 498-15-7 32.14 4   5.3 0.61 0.954 1.8–12   93
p-Cymene 99-87-6 32.67 7   5.7 0.1 0.973 0.4–21 119
D-Limonene 5989-27-5 32.88 9   6 0.45 0.954 1.4–18   68
n-Decane 124-18-5 33.21 7   9 0.4 0.978 1.2–17   57
Eucalyptol 470-82-6 33.46 8.5   6.1 1 0.986 3–25   43
n-Dodecane 112-40-3 36.22   8 0.5 0.964 1.5–15   71