Recovery efficiencies of main volatile components of wine from porous
polymer Porapak Q were
investigated using dichloromethane, ethyl ether, and pentane as
solvents. The nine wine components
used for recovery tests were 2-methyl-1-propanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol,
2-phenylethanol, ethyl
hexanoate, ethyl octanoate, diethyl butanedioate, hexanoic acid,
octanoic acid, and decanoic acid.
Dichloromethane showed the highest recovery efficiency, followed
by ethyl ether and pentane. Nearly
80% recovery for ethyl hexanoate and ethyl octanoate was obtained by
dichloromethane for a
concentration of 10 ppm. Over 96% recovery was obtained by
dichloromethane for 2-phenylethanol,
diethyl butanedioate, hexanoic acid, and octanoic acid for 10 ppm.
Volatile components from a
commercial wine were trapped on Porapak Q and subsequently recovered
using an organic solvent.
The major compounds identified in the three extracts were
3-methyl-1-butanol, 2-phenylethanol,
octanoic acid, monoethyl butanedioate, and hexanoic acid.
Keywords: Gas chromatography; solid phase extraction; wine volatile
chemicals