ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF TURPENTINE AND ITS HYDROGENATED PRODUCTSBY GC-MS METHOD

Chemical components of turpentine and its hydrogenated products were analyzed completely by GC MS DS technique using DB 5 capillary column. Thirty six compounds were isolated from the starting turpentine and thirty two of them were identified. Its main components are α pinene, β pinene, limonene, longifolene, ρ cymene, camphene, α myrcene and caryophyllene etc., Thirty two compounds were isolated from the corresponding hydrogenated turpentine and twenty four of them were identified. It is composed mainly of cis pinane, trans pinane, longifolene, ρ menthane, 2,6 dimethyloctane and ρ cymene etc., Hydrogenation reactions of various components of the turpentine were also summarized in this paper.