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. 2018 Feb 23;23(2):499. doi: 10.3390/molecules23020499

Table 1.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) identified in wine-based aromatic vinegars (WBAVs) by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME)PDMS/GC-MS.

Peak Number RT 1 (min) KIcal 2 KIlit 3 Chemical Families GC Peak Area × 106 (RSD)
Wine Vinegar Control Macerated Vinegars
Banana Passion Fruit Apple Pennyroyal
Ethyl esters
1 2.91 925 907 Ethyl acetate 300.22 (8) 197.65 (9) 122.23 (13) 113.89 (9) 247.35 (3)
4 4.68 1055 1028 Ethyl butanoate 16.03 (6) - 5 9.93 (14) 3.29 (4) -
5 5.29 1081 1050 Ethyl 3-methylbutanoate 15.18 (6) 16.36 (17) 3.31 (13) 8.12 (4) -
7 6.51 1125 1120 Isoamyl acetate 163.77 (15) 169.1 (9) 71.31 (3) 80.64 (2) 124.8 (16)
12 10.04 1222 1220 Ethyl hexanoate 227.53 (9) 113.51 (8) 195.43 (12) 84.73 (20) 128.32 (14)
16 12.41 1285 1304 Ethyl 3-ethoxypropanoate 4 - 9.98 (8) - 0.58 (11) 2.16 (18)
17 12.67 1291 1292 Ethyl 3-hexenoate4 - 6.44 (12) 1.06 (7) 0.87 (9) 4.62 (6)
18 13.23 1305 1300 3-Hexen-1-ol acetate isomer 3.14 (4) 0.94 (15) - 2.17 (11) -
21 13.87 1320 1305 Ethyl 2-hexenoate 14.86 (6) 0.87 (9) 1.27 (19) 1.10 (4) 2.81 (5)
22 14.67 1339 1358 Ethyl lactate 21.95 (14) 42.24 (16) 36.08 (4) 28.80 (14) 51.13 (1)
25 15.53 1343 1350 Hexyl acetate 22.48 (17) 29.76 (11) 18.26 (9) 16.00 (2) 12.48 (13)
26 15.58 1359 - Heptyl acetate 4 0.52 (15) - - - -
29 16.13 1370 - 2-Ethylhexyl acetate 4 2.99 (9) 2.40 (3) - - -
30 16.16 1372 1389 Methyl octanoate - 1.84 (7) 0.54 (8) - -
34 17.82 1405 1394 Ethyl 2-hydroxyisovalerate - 2.46 (11) - 0.13 (13) -
35 18.16 1416 1414 Ethyl octanoate 296.15 (4) 182.15 (3) 181.16 (10) 194.75 (2) 208.86 (11)
37 19.19 1441 - Isopentyl hexanoate - - 77.49 (8) - 82.04 (4)
47 22.33 1518 1483 Ethyl 3-hydroxybutanoate 2.65 (13) - 3.09 (1) 1.32 (4) -
49 22.61 1526 1551 2-Ethyl hydroxycaproate 4 6.45 (19) 8.08 (6) 2.62 (14) 0.42 (11) 6.02 (8)
51 23.04 1536 1533 Hexyl butanoate 4 1.21 (7) - - 1.74 (3) -
64 26.58 1617 1636 Ethyl decanoate 112.62 (3) 132.17 (14) 110.55 (5) 211.67 (4) 138.31 (2)
65 26.85 1625 1610 Butyl octanoate 4 - 0.27 (20) - 1.47 (16) -
66 27.35 1639 1648 Ethyl benzoate 6.63 (15) 6.26 (8) 5.83 (11) 6.65 (1) 9.15 (4)
68 28.07 1659 1680 Diethyl succinate 25.99 (5) 23.95 (15) 15.49 (4) 18.84 (2) 23.72 (5)
71 29.34 1693 1664 Ethyl 3-hydroxyhexanoate 1.27 (4) 1.02 (9) 0.20 (12) 0.21 (20) 0.98 (5)
75 31.42 1754 1755 Phenylmethyl acetate 2.78 (6) - - 0.27 (12) -
76 32.07 1773 1775 Ethyl benzeneacetate 11.12 (14) 7.44 (8) 4.61 (8) 3.95 (7) 11.51 (7)
77 32.47 1784 - Dibuthyl succinate 4 0.31 (3) - - 1.41 (2) -
78 32.73 1791 1798 Methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate 0.63 (17) 6.07 (10) - - 4.23 (2)
80 34.32 1838 1837 Ethyl dodecanoate 10.17 (11) 12.15 (16) 13.26 (12) 8.75 (3) 12.55 (15)
82 34.99 1857 1821 Benzyl propanoate 4 7.54 (4) 1.32 (14) 9.26 (8) 11.71 (15) 5.61 (2)
83 35.58 1873 1849 Benzyl butanoate 4 0.48 (13) - 1.37 (11) 0.58 (16) -
84 35.87 1880 1883 2-Phenylethyl acetate 1.00 (11) 5.73 (5) 1.19 (8) - 6.34 (13)
85 36.47 1881 1880 Citronellyl valerate 4 0.36 (1) 1.20 (21) 1.35 (10) 0.33 (6) 8.87 (3)
90 39.66 1970 1974 Methyl jasmonate 4 0.98 (2) 0.81 (4) - 0.26 (12) -
95 43.13 2193 2189 Phenylethyl benzoate 4 1.82 (3) 3.52 (13) 1.81 (18) 0.82 (4) 2.20 (11)
100 48.08 2308 2301 Methyl hexadecanoate 0.41 (6) 1.99 (12) 0.45 (6) - 0.53 (14)
Alcohols
2 3.15 968 972 Ethanol 773.10 (10) 845.14 (11) 1040.94 (16) 1099.28 (12) 946.25 (6)
3 4.66 1074 1099 2-Butanol 12.75 (6) 11.75 (19) - - 14.45 (2)
6 6.12 1113 1112 2-Methyl-1-propanol 23.13 (12) 13.42 (9) 9.14 (12) 14.55 (17) 19.72 (8)
8 7.87 1165 1176 2-Hexanol 2.75 (7) 3.25 (10) 1.86 (12) 2.19 (15) -
11 9.51 1206 1206 3-Methylbutanol 436.65 (8) 262.37 (13) 209.63 (9) 301.03 (7) 399.42 (3)
20 13.51 1312 1332 2-Heptanol 4 0.23 (4) 1.23 (6) 1.01 (3) 1.61 (8) -
23 15.15 1350 1360 1-Hexanol 23.03 (10) 33.89 (13) 69.49 (3) 55.64 (10) 63.41 (3)
24 15.23 1352 1386 3-Hexenol isomer 0.22 (18) 0.47 (9) 0.26 (2) 0.77 (19) 0.41 (15)
27 15.81 1364 1379 3-Ethoxypropanol 4 0.14 (10) 1.82 (6) 1.29 (14) - -
28 16.11 1371 1391 3-Hexenol isomer 5.78 (3) 1.83 (16) 2.01 (11) 8.56 (13) 6.49 (4)
33 17.69 1383 1388 1-Octanol 10.25 (4) 6.01 (16) 10.23 (1) 5.63 (2) -
42 20.48 1475 1465 1-Octen-3-ol 7.12 (1) 7.91 (2) 9.67 (9) 0.32 (3) -
46 21.71 1503 1487 2-Ethylhexanol 2.56 (5) 2.54 (13) - 8.17 (9) -
48 22.43 1521 1546 2,3-Butanediol isomer 5.06 (3) 14.92 (12) 1.79 (4) 0.29 (13) 10.03 (1)
52 23.23 1540 1535 2-Nonanol 4 0.53 (8) 1.91 (3) 4.37 (7) 3.13 (8) -
56 23.93 1556 1583 2,3-Butanediol isomer 9.44 (11) 5.73 (15) 1.52 (8) 0.27 (11) -
72 29.65 1701 1723 Methionol 1.21 (2) 1.39 (19) 1.35 (5) 1.66 (8) -
73 31.28 1750 1765 1-Decanol 4 1.60 (12) 5.82 (12) 1.08 (17) 2.22 (17) 8.32 (9)
87 37.94 1898 1925 2-Phenylethanol 124.77 (5) 78.46 (12) 27.58 (7) 63.08 (6) 68.75 (6)
89 39.24 1956 1952 Tridecanol 4 0.67 (7) 2.14 (12) 6.68 (10) 0.99 (12) 4.35 (2)
Terpenoids
9 8.38 1178 1182 Limonene 101.05 (1) 82.77 (6) 79.66 (12) 78.23 (3) 104.46 (8)
10 8.76 1187 1214 Eucalyptol 1.11 (4) 4.21 (21) 2.13 (2) - 2.15 (4)
13 11.18 1254 1233 Sabinene 2.22 (15) 6.03 (2) 1.19 (15) - -
19 13.38 1308 1337 Rose oxide isomer 4 8.25 (3) 8.31 (2) 9.78 (12) 9.23 (1) 9.77 (4)
32 16.74 1392 1421 Linalool oxide isomer - - 1.45 (12) 0.33 (10) 8.76 (6)
38 19.22 1443 1449 Dihydrolinalool 4 1.32 (8) 9.83 (14) 1.37 (20) 2.61 (12) -
39 19.4 1448 1467 Linalool oxide isomer - 3.32 (14) 0.96 (7) 0.18 (6) -
40 19.97 1462 1474 Menthone 4 - 8.42 (9) 4.19 (2) - 14.19 (14)
41 20.16 1467 1467 Limonene oxide - 12.48 (15) 6.40 (7) 9.81 (3) 7.15 (3)
44 21.47 1498 1531 Vitispirane I 5.61 (8) 6.21 (15) 3.95 (1) 4.95 (5) 6.57 (5)
45 21.57 1501 1534 Vitispirane II 12.14 (18) 4.25 (16) 4.31 (2) 3.13 (11) 3.36 (9)
50 22.88 1530 1537 Linalool 1.02 (8) 3.35 (7) 6.15 (4) 2.15 (4) 1.98 (4)
53 23.28 1541 1538 Dihydrocarveol 4 - 11.61 (3) 14.14 (5) - 21.68 (14)
55 23.72 1551 1580 Bornyl acetate 4 - 4.89 (4) 1.38 (5) 2.81 (8) 1.18 (15)
58 24.44 1559 1569 Linalyl acetate - 26.39 (7) 28.71 (11) - -
59 24.83 1575 1574 Fenchyl alcohol 4 0.58 (2) 0.73 (8) 0.42 (9) 0.78 (4) 1.91 (20)
62 26.27 1610 1626 Menthol 4 - 5.94 (16) 5.66 (7) 5.40 (2) 7.62 (6)
63 26.34 1618 1632 Pulegone 4 2.84 (13) - 2.75 (12) - -
69 28.58 1673 1669 α-Terpeniol 49.62 (12) 60.22 (9) 64.55 (9) 65.23 (2) 67.71 (3)
74 31.38 1753 1762 Citronellol 0.94 (13) 2.73 (4) - - 1.72 (12)
81 34.59 1844 1840 Geranylacetone 4.16 (15) 15.36 (19) 10.45 (5) 4.24 (8) 12.76 (13)
91 39.86 1981 2009 Nerolidol 0.76 (8) 0.82 (3) 1.21 (4) - 2.43 (4)
93 41.16 2125 2134 α-Cadinol 4.23 (9) 0.20 (13) 0.37 (2) 1.09 (7) 2.06 (15)
Carbonyl compounds
14 12.05 1276 1276 Octanal - - 0.52 (7) - -
25 12.18 1278 1272 3-Hydroxybutan-2-one 3.01 (8) 2.71 (5) 0.75 (2) - -
31 16.29 1374 1378 Nonanal 1.22 (7) 1.58 (7) 1.99 (10) 1.27 (7) -
43 20.81 1483 1484 Decanal 1.69 (8) 2.19 (13) 1.90 (2) 1.47 (8) -
57 24.08 1571 1543 Undecanone 4 2.72 (12) - 0.21 (3) - -
70 29.21 1689 1700 Dodecanal 4 5.99 (3) - 0.94 (6) - -
Acids
36 18.51 1425 1407 Acetic acid 422.11 (18) 347.48 (12) 139.85 (9) 136.06 (11) 122.36 (14)
54 23.52 1547 1572 2-Methylpropanoic acid 1.52 (14) 2.66 (7) - - -
61 25.97 1600 1619 Butanoic acid 3.77 (1) 8.09 (15) 0.92 (4) 0.44 (9) 1.25 (7)
67 27.56 1645 1665 Isovaleric acid 19.86 (13) 9.15 (12) 2.61 (7) 6.63 (11) 16.27 (5)
79 34.29 1837 1850 Hexanoic acid 37.85 (11) 32.83 (4) 17.25 (8) 15.06 (5) 21.49 (10)
86 36.69 1937 1962 2-Hexenoic acid isomer 4 0.23 (4) 0.68 (16) 0.92 (13) - 1.68 (7)
94 41.82 2098 2083 Octanoic acid 83.66 (7) 41.12 (13) 34.35 (3) 53.22 (2) 76.83 (12)
101 48.56 2321 2317 Decanoic acid 71.71 (6) 65.85 (15) 70.36 (5) 42.58 (2) 45.52 (19)
102 54.81 2340 2310 Hydrocinnamic acid 10.63 (10) 1.02 (16) 0.81 (7) 2.43 (5) -
103 67.81 2392 2407 Undecylic acid 4 7.18 (8) 0.91 (15) - 0.56 (8) 0.62 (9)
Lactones
60 25.71 1594 1618 Butyrolactone 0.94 (5) - - 0.19 (19) -
88 37.95 1936 1912 γ–Octalactone 4 0.53 (14) - - - -
92 40.63 2107 2103 γ–Decalactone 4 2.28 (17) 0.95 (8) 2.28 (2) 14.59 (2) 4.23 (4)
96 43.92 2218 2209 Wine lactone 4 3.99 (2) - - 1.27 (7) 2.60 (12)
99 45.44 2267 2241 γ-Decenolactone 4 11.22 (6) 4.43 (8) 7.34 (13) 15.90 (2) 7.75 (1)
Volatile phenols
97 44.22 2228 2205 4-Ethylphenol 1.82 (4) 1.71 (14) 1.22 (3) - 0.79 (3)
98 45.13 2257 2250 Eugenol 0.39 (8) 1.68 (10) 3.73 (10) 1.35 (4) 2.83 (4)

1 Retention time (min); 2 Kovats index relative n-alkanes (C8 to C20) on a BP-20 capillary column; 3 Kovats index relative reported in literature for equivalent capillary column [5,27,32,33]; 4 Reported for the first time in vinegars; 5 Not detected.