Gas-Chromatographic Identification of Products Formed in Iodination of Methyl Phenols by Retention Indices

Iodination reaction followed by conversion of iodine-substituted methylphenols to the corresponding trifluoroacetates was suggested for improving the sensitivity of the gas-chromatographic determination of phenol and its methyl-substituted derivatives (al isomers of mono-and diethylphenols, 2,3,5-, 2,3,6-, and 3,4,5-trimethylphenols) in aqueous media. Acylation products of iodo methylphenols (104 compounds) were identified by linear-logarithmic retention indices on a standard nonpolar polydimethylsiloxane stationary phase, and the pattern of their variation with the number and nature of substituents were characterized. A procedure for identification of methyl-substituted phenols in water in their gas-chromatographic determination with an electron-capture detector was developed.