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. 2020 Mar 5;25(5):1166. doi: 10.3390/molecules25051166

Table 1.

Volatile compounds detected in espresso coffees (EC) samples by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME)/gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

Compound KI 1 ID 2 Compound KI 1 ID 2
ALDEHYDES ESTERS
2-methylpropanal 827 B methyl acetate 838 B
2-methylbutanal 919 B ethyl acetate 898 B
3-methylbutanal 921 A propanoic acid, 3-methyl-, methyl ester 1008 C
furfural 1472 B methyl isovalerate 1020 C
benzaldehyde 1527 A butyl butanoate 1229 C
5-methyl-2-furfural 1580 B prenyl acetate 1256 C
2-methylbenzaldehyde 1596 C furfuryl formate * 1504 B
2-methyl-3-(2-furyl)acrolein 1682 C 2-oxobutyl acetate 1533 C
1H-pyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde 2034 A 2-furfuryl-propanoate 1602 B
KETONES PYRAZINES
2-butanone 906 B pyrazine 1210 B
2-pentanone 979 B 2-methyllpyrazine * 1266 B
2,3-butandione 982 B 2,5-dimethylpyrazine * 1320 B
2,3-pentanedione 1063 B 2,6-dimethylpyrazine * 1325 B
3-penten-2-one 1127 B 2-ethylpirazine * 1334 B
2,3-hexanedione 1134 B 2,3-dimethylpyrazine * 1345 B
1-(furan-2-yl)ethanone * 1512 B 2-ethyl-6-methylpyrazine * 1385 B
1-(furan-2-yl)butan-2-one 1604 B 2-ethyl-5-methylpyrazine * 1390 B
1-(1-methylpyrrol-2-yl)ethanone 1659 B 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine 1404 A
2-ethyl-3-methylpyrazine 1419 C
furfural acetone derivative 1910 C 2,6-diethylpyrazine * 1433 B
3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine * 1441 B
TERPENES SULFUR COMPOUNDS
β-linalool 1550 B dimetilsulfide 1070 B
p-menthene monoterpenoid derivative 1650 C 2-(methylsulfanylmethyl)furan
(furfuryl methyl sulfide)
1490 B
p-menthene monoterpenoid derivative 2 1694 C
PYRROLES PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS
1-methyl-1H-pyrrole 1141 B 2-methoxyphenol (guaiacol) 1867 B
1H-pyrrole derivative * 1801 C 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol 1871 B
1-furfurylpyrrole 1837 B 4-ethylguaiacol 2034 B
2-acetyl-1H-pyrrole 1979 B 2-methylphenol (o-cresol) 2092 B
1-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde derivative * 2107 C 3-methylphenol (m-cresol) 2171 B
p-vinylguaiacol (2-methoxy-4-vinylvinylphenol) 2193 B
FURANS OTHERS
2-methylfuran 879 B unknown 1 1459 -
2,5-dimethylfuran 956 B benzyl alcohol 1880 C
Vinylfuran 1074 B 2-furanmethanol 1667 B
2-(methoxymethyl)furan 1243 B 2-furanmethanolacetate
(furfuryl alcohol acetate)
1542 B
2-butylfuran derivative 1524 C unknown 2 * 2030 -
furan,2,2′-methylenbis 1614 B unknown 3 * 2038 -
furfurylammine derivative 2236 C
difurfuryl ether (2,2′-[oxybis(methylene)]) bisfuran 1992 C unknown 4 2253 -
indole 2386 B
3-methylindole 2450 B
PYRIDINES
Pyridine 1181 B
4(H)-pyridine, n-acetyl 1724 B

1 Kovats Index (KI) experimentally determined for the SUPELCO®-Wax capillary column using homologous series of C8-C30 alkanes; 2 Identification (ID). Reliability of identification proposal is indicated by: (A) mass spectrum, retention time, and KI according to standards; (B) mass spectrum and retention index comparing literature data [1,12,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]; (C) mass spectrum compared with NIST 11 mass spectral database (pubchem.ncbi). * Key odorants selected by partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) (VIP threshold > 1).