Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 27, 2026

Production and Measurement of Organic Particulate Matter in a Flow Tube Reactor
Published on: December 15, 2018
Two-dimensional NMR studies of water-soluble organic matter in atmospheric aerosols
Regina M B O Duarte1, Artur M S Silva, Armando C Duarte
1CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. regina.duarte@ua.pt
Abstract:
The potential and the limitations of combining two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (2D NMR) techniques to deliver new qualitative information on the substructures present in water-soluble organic compounds (WSOC) from fine atmospheric aerosols collected during Winter and Spring/Summer seasons are highlighted in this study. The WSOC fractions were extracted from quartz filter samples and further separated into hydrophobic acids and hydrophilic acids fractions by using a XAD-8/XAD-4 isolation procedure. Despite different spectral resolution, it was found that the aliphatic material of both samples includes mostly long-chain (carbons greater than 3 or 4) and branched mono- and dicarboxylic acids, carbonyl, and ester structural types. The presence of such structural fragments could be associated to secondary organic aerosol formation. It has been further demonstrated that spectral signatures typical of anhydrosugars from cellulose and methoxyphenols from lignin can be identified among the carbohydrate and aromatic moieties of the Winter sample. Their presence highlights the major influence of biomass burning on atmospheric particulate matter collected during colder periods. The data reported here demonstrate the success of 2D NMRtechniquesto investigate aerosol WSOC composition, as well as to evaluate aerosol source fingerprints.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Two-Dimensional (2D) NMR: Overview
The first step is the preparation period, during which nucleus A is excited with a radiofrequency pulse.
2D NMR: Overview of Homonuclear Correlation Techniques
COSY90 is the standard two-dimensional (2D) COSY experiment that...
2D NMR: Heteronuclear Single-Quantum Correlation Spectroscopy (HSQC)
2D NMR: Overview of Heteronuclear Correlation Techniques
NMR Spectroscopy of Aromatic Compounds
2D NMR: Homonuclear Correlation Spectroscopy (COSY)

