Charge-tagged reagents for the selective analysis of functionalized molecules in petroleum

用于选择性分析石油中功能化分子的电荷标记试剂

• 批准号: 452656-2013
• 负责人: McIndoe, Scott
• 金额: $ 2.91万
• 依托单位: University of Victoria
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=575558
• 关键词: Charge; tagged; reagents; selective; analysis

Even very small amounts of unwanted material in petroleum can cause odor, discoloration or refinery fouling. Such materials can occur naturally or as additives during processing, and knowing what they are is crucial to providing solutions. This proposal involves using charge-tagged compounds developed in the McIndoe lab and applying them to particular problems in this area experienced by Imperial Oil. The tagged materials are equipped with selectively reactive functional groups that will pluck out particular compounds of interest and "light them up" for mass spectrometric analysis. The approach can be likened to looking for a needle in a haystack, but where only the needles are visible - our task is hence correspondingly easier. Identification of contaminants will lead to measures taken to avoid their introduction or to design methods to remove naturally-occurring compounds during processing. Because of the scale of the oil industry, any such small improvements can lead to considerable savings and cleaner products.

即使是石油中极少量的无用物质也会引起异味、变色或炼油厂污垢。这种材料可以是自然产生的，也可以在加工过程中作为添加剂出现，了解它们是什么对于提供解决方案至关重要。这项建议涉及使用麦金杜实验室开发的电荷标记化合物，并将它们应用于帝国石油公司在这一领域遇到的特殊问题。标记的材料配备了选择性的活性官能团，这些官能团将提取特定的感兴趣的化合物并将其点燃，以便进行质谱分析。这种方法可以比作大海捞针，但在只有针可见的情况下，我们的任务相应地更容易。对污染物的识别将导致采取措施避免它们的引入，或设计方法以在加工过程中去除自然产生的化合物。由于石油行业的规模，任何这样的小改进都可以带来可观的节省和更清洁的产品。