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Hydroxyl determination in petroleum oil extracts by fluorine-19 and silicon-29 nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry

Journal Article · · Anal. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00278a026· OSTI ID:5808477

Qualitative and quantitative analyses of hydroxyl functions in two asphaltenes and in acidic extracts of two petroleum oils are determined by fluorine-19 and silicon-29 NMR spectroscopy. Acidic hydrogens are specifically substituted either by trifluoroacetyl or by trimethylsilyl groups with trifluoroacetic anhydride and hexamethyldisilazane, respectively. Asphaltenes are extracted from treated beech and poplar wood. /sup 19/F and /sup 29/Si NMR signals are analyzed on the basis of chemical shift and integral measurements. Oxygen quantity characterized by NMR together with total oxygen content determined by elemental analysis gives an estimation of non-hydroxyl oxygen atoms embedded in molecular structures of these petroleum oils extracts.

Research Organization:
Catholic Univ. of Louvain, Belgium
OSTI ID:
5808477
Journal Information:
Anal. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Anal. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 56:14; ISSN ANCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English