Abstract:
The reaction products from pine gum with methanol under supercritical conditions were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), using DB-5 MS flexible quartz capillary column. Forty-nine peaks were separated and forty-five compounds were identified. The results showed that reaction products mainly included methyl esters and alkenes, slightly aromatic hydrocations, alkanes and alcohols. Methyl esters included methyl dehydroabietic acid(24.48 %),1,2,3,4,4a,9,10,10a-octaahydro-1,4-dimethyl-1-methyle phenanthrenecarboxylic acid(5.35 %), and methyl isopimarenoic acid(5.15 %), while alkene included p-mentha(14.99 %), 1-methyl-3-(2-methyl-1-propenyl)-cyclopentane(7.88 %), (+)-cycloisosativene (4.15%), and longipinene(6.71%).