Identification and geochemical significance of cyclic di- and trisulphides with linear and acyclic isoprenoid carbon skeletons in immature sediments
- Delft Univ. of Tech. (Netherlands)
- Inst. of Petroleum and Organic Geochemistry, Juelich (Germany)
Homologous series (C{sub 15}-C{sub 24}) of novel 3-n-alkyl-1,2-dithianes and 3-n-alkyl-6-methyl-1,2-dithianes have been identified in immature sediments. The identification of these compounds was based on comparison of mass spectra and chromatographic data with those of synthesized 3-methyl-6-tridecyl-1,2-dithiane. In addition, 4-methyl-3-(3,7,11-trimethyldodecyl)-1,2-dithiane, 4-(4-8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-1,2-dithiane, 5-methyl-4-(3,7,11-trimethyldodecyl)-1,2,3-trithiepane, and a 1,2-dithiane possessing a pentakishomohopane carbon skeleton were tentatively assigned on the basis of mass spectral characteristics, selective chemolysis, and desulfurization. The occurrence of these cyclic di- and trisulfides with linear, acyclic isoprenoid and hopanoid carbon skeletons in thermally immature sediments indicates that inorganic polysulfides are incorporated into functionalized lipids during the early stages of diagenesis.
- OSTI ID:
- 7278417
- Journal Information:
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (United States), Vol. 55:12; ISSN 0016-7037
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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