Name: Magdalena Ulman
Diploma / M.Sc degree: Univesity of Bialystok, Poland
(June 2001)
Title: Chemical transformation for structural elucidation of large organic compounds


Homepage: www.uni-muenster.de/Chemie.ac/anders/gruppe/magdalena/

Abstract of Research Project

Large organic compounds occur in many situations, such as humic acids, black carbon and in fossil material. Because of their size and very complex composition, few details are known about their structure, which is partially aliphatic and partially aromatic. Spectroscopic data are helpful but cannot provide all information desired. Different chemical transformations may complement spectroscopy with respect to a structural elucidation of such materials. Reactions using DDQ (dichlorodicyanobenzoquinone) may transform naphtheno rings in heavy petroleum molecules into aromatic rings, and oxidation with RuO₄ and Cr(VI) will answer many questions concerning the aliphatic side chains of aromatic rings and their position on the rings, albeit in a statistical manner. Different analytical techniques will be applied in the work, like GC (Gas Chromatography), HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) and FT-ICR-MS (Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry).


Publications

M. Ulman et al.
Determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere over central Siberian forest and southern part of European taiga in Russia
Chem. Anal. (Warsaw) 52 (2007), 435-451.

M. Ulman, Z. Chilmonczyk
Volatile Organic Compounds-Components, Sources, Determination. A Review
Chem. Anal. (Warsaw) 52 (2007), 173-200.


Publications of research conducted prior to GSC-MS membership

Z. Chilmonczyk, M. Ulman
Synthesis, Pharmacological Properties and SAR of New 1,4-Disubstituted Piperazine Derivatives with Hypnotic-Sedative Activity
Polish J. Chem. 78 (2004), 1027-1037.


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