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Organometallic geochemistry. Isolation and identification of organoarsenic and inorganic arsenic compounds from Green River Formation oil shale

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OSTI ID:6181613

The molecular characterization of methylarsonic acid, phenylarsonic acid and the inorganic anion, arsenate, found in a methanol extract of a Green River Formation oil-shale sample was accomplished by HPLC-GFAA analysis. In addition, derivatization of the acids, HPLC purified, by reaction with 3-methylcatechol to form the five coordinate organoarsenic catecholates as well as reaction, via trimethylsilylation, of the ammonium salt of arsenate to form tristrimethylsilylarsenate was followed by GC-EIMS analysis to provide unequivocal evidence for the presence of these organometallic and inorganic compounds of arsenic as natural products in oil shale.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6181613
Report Number(s):
LBL-15937; CONF-830364-1; ON: DE83012956
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English