Table 2 Compounds tentatively identified through PTR-Analysis.

From: Aromatic and proteomic analyses corroborate the distinction between Mediterranean landraces and modern varieties of durum wheat

#a

Protonated theoretical m /zb

Protonated chemical formulac

Tentative identificationd

Referencee

C1

27.022

C2H3+

Acetylene

36

C2

33.033

CH5O+

Methanol

52, 53, 54

C3

39.020

C3H3+

Isoprene fragment

55

C4

41.038

C3H5+

Alkyl fragment

36, 52

C5

43.018

C2H3O+

Alkyl fragment

n. d.

C6

43.050

C3H7+

Alkyl fragment

52

C7

45.033

C2H5O+

Acetaldehyde

43, 52, 53, 56

C8

47.049

C2H7O+

Ethanol

52, 53, 56

C9

49.010

CH5S+

Methanethiol

36

C10

57.033

C3H5O+

2-Propenal (acrolein)

36, 43

C11

57.070

C4H9+

Alkyl fragment (hexanol)

57

C12

59.049

C3H7O+

Acetone

33, 52, 53, 58

C13

61.028

C2H5O2+

Acetates

52, 53

C14

63.027

C2H7S+

Dimethyl sulphide

n. d.

C15

69.069

C5H9+

Isoprene

52, 54, 58, 59

C16

71.049

C4H7O+

2-Butenal

36

C17

73.064

C4H9O+

2-Butanone

52, 56, 57, 60

C18

75.043

C3H7O2+

Methyl acetate

53, 60

C19

77.041

C3H9S+

Propanethiol

n. d.

C20

79.054

C6H7+

Benzene

58

C21

81.069

C6H9+

Terpene fragment

53, 57

C22

83.085

C6H11+

C6 fragment (hexenals/hexenols)

43

C23

87.045

C4H7O2+

2,3-Butanedione (diacetyl)

53, 60

C24

89.040

C4H9O2+

Methyl propanoate

60

C25

91.054

C4H11S+

Diethyl sulphide

60

C26

93.069

C7H9+

Toluene

29, 52, 55, 56

C27

95.020

C2H6O2S+

Methylsulphanylmethane

33

C28

105.069

C8H9+

Phenylethene (styrene)

60

C29

107.085

C8H11+

1,3-Dimethylbenzene (xylene)

29, 58

C30

109.078

C6H9N2+

2,3-Dimethylpyrazine

33

C31

120.100

C8H9O+

Acetophenone

33, 59

C32

123.080

C8H11O+

2-Phenylethyl alcohol

n. d.

  1. aUnique code assigned to each compound. bTheoretical mass to charge ratio (m/z) found in literature or in PTR-TOF-MS manual. cCompound’s protonated chemical formula. dTentative identification based on spectral properties. eBibliographical reference. Compounds were reported in the text with non-protonated formula.