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. 2021 Dec 9;9(12):345. doi: 10.3390/toxics9120345

Table 1.

Emitted carbonyls identified in vaping emissions of PG-VG and four flavored e-liquids. The signature ions (m/z) of carbonyl-PFBHA oxime derivatives were used to characterize carbonyl identities in Figure 1.

# Emitted Carbonyls CAS # Formula Signature Ions (m/z) Retention Time A (min) PG-VG trans-2-Hexenol Benzyl Alcohol l-(-)-Menthol Linalool
1 formaldehyde 50-00-0 CH2O 181, 195, 225 4.79 + + + + +
2 acetaldehyde 75-07-0 C2H4O 181, 209, 239 6.74, 6.87 + + + + +
3 acetone 67-64-1 C3H6O 181, 223, 236, 253 8.27 + + + + +
4 propionaldehyde 123-38-6 C3H6O 181, 236, 253 9.00, 9.24 + + bdl bdl +
5 acrolein 107-02-8 C3H4O 181, 231, 250, 251 9.13, 9.37 + + bdl bdl +
6 butyraldehyde 123-72-8 C4H8O 181, 239, 267 11.84, 12.02 bdl + bdl bdl bdl
7 trans-2-hexenal 6728-26-3 C6H10O 181, 293 16.46, 16.52 bdl + bdl + +
8 benzaldehyde 100-52-7 C7H6O 181, 301 18.25, 18.35 bdl bdl + bdl bdl
9 trans-2-methyl-2-butenal 497-03-0 C5H8O 181, 279 18.90 bdl + bdl bdl bdl
10 3-methyl-2-butenal 107-86-8 C5H8O 181, 279 19.97, 20.26 bdl bdl bdl bdl +
11 methyl glyoxal 78-98-8 C3H4O2 181, 462 20.67, 21.24, 21.29, 21.51 + + + + +
12 glyoxal 107-22-2 C2H2O2 181, 448 21.09, 21.16, 21.23 + + + + +
13 dimethylglyoxal 431-03-8 C4H6O2 181, 476 21.70 + + bdl + +
14 2-methyl-2-pentenal 623-36-9 C6H10O 181, 293 22.12 bdl + bdl bdl bdl

#: Number. A: Retention times of carbonyl-PFBHA oxime stereoisomers (E and Z) if applicable. +: Carbonyls detected (S/N > 3). bdl, below detection limit (S/N < 3).