Gilles Arsenault

Summary

Affiliation: Wellington Laboratories Inc
Country: Canada N1G 3M5

Publications

  1. ncbi Separation and fluorine nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic (19F NMR) analysis of individual branched isomers present in technical perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 73:S53-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Mass spectral studies of native and mass-labeled perfluorooctanesulfonamides
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario, Ontario, N1G 3M5, Canada
    Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 21:929-36. 2007
  3. ncbi Synthesis of the two minor isomers, delta- and epsilon-1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane, present in commercial hexabromocyclododecane
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ont, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 68:887-92. 2007
  4. ncbi Structure characterization and thermal stabilities of the isomers of the brominated flame retardant 1,2-dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories, Research Division, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 72:1163-70. 2008
  5. ncbi Some issues relating to the use of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) samples as reference standards
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 70:616-25. 2008
  6. ncbi Nuclear magnetic resonance spectral characterization and semi-empirical calculations of conformations of alpha- and gamma-1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 67:1684-94. 2007
  7. ncbi Structural characterization and thermal stabilities of the isomers of the brominated flame retardant 1,2,5,6-tetrabromocyclooctane (TBCO)
    Nicole Riddell
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario N1G3M5, Canada
    Chemosphere 74:1538-43. 2009
  8. ncbi Identification of the minor components of Great Lakes DE-71 technical mix by means of 1H NMR and GC/MS
    Alexandre Konstantinov
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 73:S39-43. 2008
  9. ncbi Branched perfluorooctane sulfonate isomer quantification and characterization in blood serum samples by HPLC/ESI-MS(/MS)
    Nicole Riddell
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    Environ Sci Technol 43:7902-8. 2009
  10. ncbi Toxicity assessment of collected fractions from an extracted naphthenic acid mixture
    Richard A Frank
    Centre for Toxicology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
    Chemosphere 72:1309-14. 2008

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Separation and fluorine nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic (19F NMR) analysis of individual branched isomers present in technical perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 73:S53-9. 2008
    ..This allowed the quantification of the individual CF(3) branched isomers that predominate in technical PFOS...
  2. ncbi Mass spectral studies of native and mass-labeled perfluorooctanesulfonamides
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario, Ontario, N1G 3M5, Canada
    Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 21:929-36. 2007
    ..The mass spectral data presented here will help chemists to identify signals found in a gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric (GC/MS) analysis that stem from these perfluoroalkylsulfonamides...
  3. ncbi Synthesis of the two minor isomers, delta- and epsilon-1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane, present in commercial hexabromocyclododecane
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ont, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 68:887-92. 2007
    ..Indeed, when a sample of ttt-CDT was brominated it gave two products, the NMR spectra and LC/MS and GC/MS behaviour of which confirmed that they are identical to the minor components, delta- and epsilon-HBCD, present in commercial HBCD...
  4. ncbi Structure characterization and thermal stabilities of the isomers of the brominated flame retardant 1,2-dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories, Research Division, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 72:1163-70. 2008
    ..Although technical TBECH does not contain the gamma- and delta-isomers, they may still be relevant environmental contaminants since manufacturing processes utilize thermal processes which may induce their formation...
  5. ncbi Some issues relating to the use of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) samples as reference standards
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 70:616-25. 2008
    ..If this effect were not taken into account, the concentration of the native would be inflated by 10%...
  6. ncbi Nuclear magnetic resonance spectral characterization and semi-empirical calculations of conformations of alpha- and gamma-1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane
    Gilles Arsenault
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 67:1684-94. 2007
    ..This information may provide insight into the different behavior of the alpha- and gamma-HBCD diastereomers in the environment...
  7. ncbi Structural characterization and thermal stabilities of the isomers of the brominated flame retardant 1,2,5,6-tetrabromocyclooctane (TBCO)
    Nicole Riddell
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, 345 Southgate Drive, Guelph, Ontario N1G3M5, Canada
    Chemosphere 74:1538-43. 2009
    ..Only bromide ions were seen in the mass spectra. APCI and APPI also failed to produce the molecular ion with sufficient intensity for identification...
  8. ncbi Identification of the minor components of Great Lakes DE-71 technical mix by means of 1H NMR and GC/MS
    Alexandre Konstantinov
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Research Division, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 3M5
    Chemosphere 73:S39-43. 2008
    ..The values obtained compare well between methods, and with data produced in earlier studies...
  9. ncbi Branched perfluorooctane sulfonate isomer quantification and characterization in blood serum samples by HPLC/ESI-MS(/MS)
    Nicole Riddell
    Wellington Laboratories Inc, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
    Environ Sci Technol 43:7902-8. 2009
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  10. ncbi Toxicity assessment of collected fractions from an extracted naphthenic acid mixture
    Richard A Frank
    Centre for Toxicology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
    Chemosphere 72:1309-14. 2008
    ..9+/-7.4 mg l(-1)). Although these results support field observations of microbial degradation of low molecular weight NAs decreasing OSPW toxicity, it is not clear why larger NAs, given their greater hydrophobicity, would be less toxic...
  11. ncbi Identilication of the novel cycloaliphatic brominated flame retardant 1,2-dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane in Canadian Arctic beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)
    Gregg T Tomy
    Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Arctic Aquatic Research Division, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N6 Canada
    Environ Sci Technol 42:543-9. 2008
    ..Observed concentrations of the beta-isomer as measured by HRMS ranged from 1.1 to 9.3 ng/g (lipid weight)...
  12. ncbi Factors influencing enantiomeric fractions of hexabromocyclododecane measured using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry
    Chris H Marvin
    Environment Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario L7R 4A6 Canada
    Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 21:1925-30. 2007
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  13. ncbi Refinements to the diastereoisomer-specific method for the analysis of hexabromocyclododecane
    Gregg T Tomy
    Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Freshwater Institute, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N6 MB Canada
    Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 19:2819-26. 2005
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