a b s t r a c tLiquid-air partition coefficients (Henry's law constants, HLCs) of eight flavour compounds (volatile organic compounds, VOCs) were determined in water, over a temperature range of 4 • C to 85 • C. The HLCs were derived by using nitrogen to strip a dilute solution of a VOC and then determining the decrease in concentration of the VOC in real-time in the stripped gas using proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass-spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS). This approach provided HLCs of improved accuracy (small 95% standard deviation) over a large temperature range, especially for low volatility VOCs (HLC > 2 mol/(m 3 Pa)). The outstanding features of this approach are: (i) it is applicable for VOCs over a large range of volatility; (ii) it can be used over a wide temperature range (4 • C to 85 • C); (iii) it is automated (high-throughput); (iv) it does not require calibration or knowledge of the initial concentration of the analyte; and (v) the experimental temperature can be controlled very precisely ( T better than ±0.1 • C). The eight flavour compounds analysed in water were: (E)--damascenone, 2,3-butanedione, 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2-methylfuran, 3-methylbutanal, acetaldehyde, ethyl-3-methyl butanoate and guaiacol. Based on the measured HLCs at five fixed temperatures (4 • C, 25 • C, 45 • C, 65 • C and 85 • C), accurate non-linear analytical expressions for the temperature dependence of HLCs were derived, which were then used to calculate thermodynamic constants.
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