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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Bioanal Chem. 2017 Jul 17;409(22):5291–5305. doi: 10.1007/s00216-017-0474-8

Table 4.

NPLC retention indices for the six-ring PAHs.

PAHs Abbreviations MM
(Da)
No. of
Aromatic
Carbon
Thickness
(Å)
Log I
NH2
Anthanthrene Anth 276 22 3.88 4.66
Benzo[ghi]perylene BghiPer 276 22 3.89 4.75
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene I123cdP 276 22 3.88 4.89
Benzo[a]perylene BaPer 302 24 5.47 4.97
Benzo[b]perylene BbPer 302 24 4.84 5.49
Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene DBaeP 302 24 4.19 5.43
Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene DBahP 302 24 3.90 5.35
Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene DBaiP 302 24 3.89 5.31
Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene DBalP 302 24 5.17 4.88
Dibenzo[e,l]pyrene DBelP 302 24 3.89 5.45
Dibenzo[a,e]fluoranthene DBaeF 302 24 3.90 5.39
Dibenzo[a,f]fluoranthene DBafF 302 24 3.97 5.40
Dibenzo[a,k]fluoranthene DBakF 302 24 3.89 5.35
Dibenzo[b,e]fluoranthene DBbeF 302 24 4.64 5.14
Dibenzo[b,k]fluoranthene DBbkF 302 24 3.90 5.37
Dibenzo[j,l]fluoranthene DBjlF 302 24 4.41 5.48
Dibenzo[de,mn]naphthacene DBNap 302 24 4.89 5.53
Naphtho[1,2-a]pyrene N12aP 302 24 5.13 4.91
Naphtho[1,2-e]pyrene N12eP 302 24 5.15 4.92
Naphtho[2,1-a]pyrene N21aP 302 24 4.19 5.32
Naphtho[2,3-a]pyrene N23aP 302 24 3.89 5.27
Naphtho[2,3-e]pyrene N23eP 302 24 4.41 5.35
Naphtho[1,2-b]fluoranthene N12bF 302 24 3.90 5.44
Naphtho[1,2-k]fluoranthene N12kF 302 24 3.91 5.51
Naphtho[2,1-b]fluoranthene N21bF 302 24 4.92 5.15
Naphtho[2,3-b]fluoranthene N23bF 302 24 3.89 5.39
Naphtho[2,3-j]fluoranthene N23jF 302 24 3.93 5.52
Naphtho[2,3-k]fluoranthene N23kF 302 24 3.90 5.39
Benzo[b]picene BbPic 328 26 3.89 6.03
Benzo[c]picene BcPic 328 26 3.90 5.78
Benzo[c]pentaphene BcPen 328 26 3.90 6.05
Benzo[h]pentaphene BhPen 328 26 4.85 6.05
Dibenzo[a,j]naphthacene DBajNap 328 26 3.95 6.03
Dibenzo[a,l]naphthacene DBalNap 328 26 3.88 6.06
Dibenzo[c,p]chrysene DBcpC 328 26 5.62 4.97
Dibenzo[g,p]chrysene DBgpC 328 26 6.15 4.84
Dibenzo[b,k]chrysene DBbkC 328 26 3.89 6.00
Dibenzo[a,c]naphthacene DBacNap 328 26 3.89 6.04
Naphtho[1,2-b]triphenylene N12bTriPhe 328 26 4.14 6.04
Naphtho[1,2-a]naphthacene N12aNap 328 26 5.00 5.45
Naphtho[2,1-a]naphthacene N21aNap 328 26 3.89 6.02
Naphtho[1,2-b]chrysene N12bC 328 26 3.89 6.08
Naphtho[2,3-g]chrysene N23gC 328 26 5.43 5.39
Hexaphene Hexa 328 26 3.89 5.97
Phenanthro[3,4-c]phenanthrene Phe34cPhe 328 26 7.41 4.89