1091.    FRIEDEL, R. A., AND SHARKEY, A. G.  Analysis of Oxygenated Compounds by Mass Spectrometer.  Anal. Chem., vol. 23, No. 4, 1951, p. 677.

       Abstract of paper presented at the 2d Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical and Applied Spectroscopy.  A liquid introduction system has been adapted for rapid vaporization of 0.0005-cc. samples of liquids into a mass-spectrometer vacuum system, with a reproducibility of about 1%.  No sealing gaskets are required.  Analysis of oxygenated compounds includes determination on dilute aqueous solutions of alcohol, ketone, and acid mixtures.  Determinations on gas samples containing alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones from the oxidation of light hydrocarbons have been carried out.  These mixtures are complicated by the expected secondary reactions between aldehydes and alcohols to produce acetals.