Table 5. GC/MS Results of Pinewood Tar Compounds.
| relative
concentration (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.T. (min) | compound | M.W. | pinewood | plywood | coconut shell |
| 2.48 | furfural | 96 | 3.38 | 1.83 | 0.45 |
| 7.02 | phenol | 94 | 18.37 | 3.33 | 4.02 |
| 8.01 | 3-methyl-1,2-cyclopentanedione | 112 | 1.46 | 0.94 | 0.43 |
| 8.94 | 2-methoxyl-phenol | 124 | 4.8 | 2.44 | 2.07 |
| 10.76 | creosol | 138 | 1.56 | 1.12 | 1.46 |
| 11.43 | 2-isopropoxyphenol | 152 | 0.78 | 1.15 | 0.39 |
| 12.08 | 2-methoxy-4-ethylphenol | 152 | 2.35 | 1.37 | 1.53 |
| 13.26 | 2,6-dimethoxyphenol | 154 | 4.83 | 2.98 | 2.62 |
| 14.41 | 1,4-methoxy-3-(methoxymethyl)phenol | 168 | 2.47 | 2.2 | 2.13 |
| 15.38 | 3,4,5-trimethoxyl-toluene | 182 | 1.41 | 1.42 | 1.55 |
| 17.37 | 2,6-dimethoxy-4-(1E)-1-propen-1-y1-phenol | 194 | 1.24 | 1.27 | 1.37 |
| 18.15 | trans-sinapyl alcohol | 210 | 0.66 | 0.97 | 1.14 |