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Identification of Hydrogen Disulfanes and Hydrogen Trisulfanes in H2S Bottle, in Flint and in Dry Mineral White Wine Christian Starkenmann, Charles Jean-François Chappuis, Yvan Niclass, and Pascale Deneulin J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03938 • Publication Date (Web): 06 Nov 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 12, 2016

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Identification of Hydrogen Disulfanes and Hydrogen Trisulfanes in H2S Bottle, in Flint and in Dry Mineral White Wine Christian Starkenmann,*,† Charles Jean-Francois Chappuis, Yvan Niclass, Pascale Deneulin‡ †

Firmenich SA, Corporate R&D Division, P.O. Box 239, CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland



Changins – Viticulture and Oenology,University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western

Switzerland, Switzerland City, Country *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +41 22 780 34 77, Fax: +41 22 780 33 34 e-mail [email protected]

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ABSTRACT

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Through the accidental contamination of a gas cylinder of H2S, the importance of polysulfanes

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for flint, gun powder, and match odors was discovered. The hydrogen disulfane was prepared

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from disulfanediylbis[methyl(diphenyl)silane] and its odor descriptor was evaluated in gas phase

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from a gas chromatography coupled to an olfaction port. The occurrence of this compound in

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flint and pebbles was confirmed by analyses after derivatization with pentafluoro bromobenzene.

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The occurrence of this sulfane was also confirmed in two dry white Swiss Chasselas wines,

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sorted by a large scale sensory analysis from 80 bottles and evaluated by 62 wine professionals.

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The occurrence of disulfane was confirmed for the two wines described as the most mineral. The

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polysulfane is a class of compounds contributing to the flint odor and that may contribute to the

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wine mineral odor descriptor. Due to the high volatility and instability HSSH pure was not

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isolated but kept in solution and its odor profile was described by gas chromatography coupled to

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an olfaction port as flint, matches, fireworks with an higher odor intensity compared to H2S.

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KEYWORDS

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Disulfane and trisulfane; wine minerality, flint odor, bis(methyl diphenyl silane) disulfane

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INTRODUCTION Volatile organic sulfur compounds are important odorant contributors found in the

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environment, in food, and in the chemical signals of animals.1-4 Odorant molecules used to flavor

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food matrices are now well understood, but some pieces are still missing, mainly in terms of

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understanding unstable compounds.

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In the course of our research on toilet malodors, a gaseous reconstitutions of malodors was

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delivered in olfactometers.5,6 Diluted H2S in N2 was blown into olfactometers with toilet malodor

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constituents.5 Over time, we noticed that the smell of the hydrogen sulfide (H2S) changed. When

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H2S was the only gaseous compound in the olfactometer, the odor was no longer eggy or sewage,

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but changed to a flint-like odor, similar to the cold smell of fireworks or the smell associated

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with a dentist drilling teeth. Our hypothesis was that the odor originated from oxidized H2S

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because the source of organic compounds should be limited in a certified H2S/N2 gas cylinder.

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Di- and trisulfanehave been reported in the literature since the early 1900s but not their odors.

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Publications associated with these compounds are linked to the rubber, latex science, sensor

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development, and atmospheric and geological chemistry industries, but to the best of our

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knowledge not to the food products industry. The well-known odors of flint have thus not been

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explained in detail.7-12

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The misleading definition of minerality has been stressed by several authors13-14 and a sensory

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consensus seems difficult to find.15-17 This descriptor is used mainly for white dry wines from

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cool climates such as Loire Valley and Burgundy, as well as for Riesling wine from Alsace and

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Germany. A mineral wine may associated with odors such as stony, wet rock, chalky, or like

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rocks being scraped together.18-22 Flint odor is not well understood despite being widely used by

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benzene methanthiol.23 T. Tominaga discussed the minerality linked to a smoky, empyreumatic

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aroma and the contribution of benzene methanethiol and 4-methyl-4-sulfanyl-pentan-2-one,

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which constitute the boxwood smell in their definition of gun flint aroma.23 No other reference

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exists outside of scraping rocks together for the flinty odor. South African and New Zealand

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enologists agree with this definition of the flinty/mineral odor, which is mainly used for Corban

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and Sauvignon blanc wines.17-20 Green et al. are studying the influence of mercaptans on

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minerality,21 whereas Esti et al. associate mineral odor with flint, sulfur, and tuff, which is a type

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of volcanic rock.22 Regarding the taste aspect, the perceived acidity driven by the ratio between

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malic and lactic acid is one type of minerality.17

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Flint nodules are formed in an anaerobic environment. The sediments are rich in H2S produced

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by the bacterial reduction of sulfates. The presence of iron from clay minerals then immobilizes

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the H2S as iron sulfides.24 We can speculate that other sulfur forms, such as H2Sn and a range of

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polysulfides, are encapsulated and released when these rocks are scraped together.

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This research aimed to analyze the odor contaminants in a pressurized H2S bottle. We also

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searched for sulfanes in flint and conglomerate pebbles, as well as in Swiss dry white Chasselas

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wine.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS Chemicals. Commercially available reagents and solvents of adequate quality were used

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without further purification. The H2S for reactions was in a 227 g cylinder. C2H5SH (97%), 1,8-

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diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) 99%, trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) 98%, NaH 55% in oil,

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elemental sulfur (S8), the internal standard (I.S.) methyl octanoate, ethane thiol, propanethiol,

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iron powder (Fe°) (cat 44900), salts for buffers, triethyl amine, 1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione, and 14

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ethyl-(N-ethyl maleimide) (NEM) were from Sigma-Aldrich (Buchs, Switzerland). CH3SH in

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ethanol (1%) was made from in-house ingredients (Firmenich S.A., Geneva, Switzerland).

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Pentafluorobenzyl bromide (PFBBr) and methyldiphenylsilane were from Alfa Aesar (Heysham,

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England). The contaminated H2S pressurized cylinder was a dilution containing 52.5 µL/m3 H2S

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and 15.4 × 103 µL/m3 N2 (Carbagas, Carouge, Switzerland). Solid phase extraction OASIS HLB

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cartridges (1 g) were purchased from Waters (Montreux-Chailly, Switzerland).

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Wines. A generic Chasselas wine was used for method development: Chasselas de Romandie

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12%, (Coop Basel, Switzerland). Four other dry white Chasselas wines were selected on the basis

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of their minerality exemplarity: Brez La Colombe 2012, Raymond Paccot (VDm54); Sélection

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Comby Héritage, 2012, Yann Comby (VSm72); Lu, 2012 Guy et Mathurin Ramu (GEa14); Le

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Cellier du Mas, Grand Cru, Mont-sur-Rolle 2012, David et Françoise Blanchard (VDa60

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Gas Chromatography (GC)/Electron Impact Mass Spectrometry (EI-MS). The analytical

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GC-MS was an Agilent-GC-6890 system connected to an Agilent-MSD-5973 quadrupole mass

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spectrometer (Palo Alto, California) operated at ca. 70 eV. Helium was the carrier gas set at a

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constant flow rate of 0.7 mL/min. Separations were performed on fused-silica capillary columns,

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coated with SPB-1 (Supelco, Buchs, Switzerland, 30 m × 0.25 mm i.d., 0.25 µm). The standard

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oven program was as follows: 40 °C for 8 min, increased to 250 °C at 15 °C/min; for derivatives

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100 °C for 5 min, increased to 250 °C at 10 °C/min, and then held at 250 °C.

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Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Olfaction (EI-MS-O). The GC-MS-olfaction

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analyses were carried out using an Agilent GC-7890A system equipped with an Agilent 5975C

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mass spectrometer and a Gerstel Olfactometry Port (ODP3)., The column was a DB-1 capillary

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column (60 m × 0.25 mm), with film thickness 0.25 µm (Agilent). Temperature program: 45 °C,

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to 120 ºC by 5 °C/min, then 10 °C/min to 250 °C, 5 °C isotherm, then 15 °C/min to 300 °C, 5

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isotherm 20 mn. Carrier gas flow (He): 1.1 mL/min; split ratio 1:10, injection volume 1 µL of

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neat sample. The crosspiece was installed in the GC oven to provide a 1/1 ratio between the

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sniffing port and the MS. Mass spectra were generated at 70 eV at a scan range from m/z 40 to

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450. The compound identifications were made by using Firmenich MS and linear retention index

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(LRI) libraries, and by comparison with reference samples. LRIs were determined after injection

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of a series of n-alkanes (C5-C31) under identical conditions on the first dimension (non-polar).

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The LRIs were calculated by linear interpolation from the retention times of the analytes and the

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two closest alkanes. Mass spectra are available in the Supporting Information.

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Gas Chromatography Quadrupole Time of Flight (QTOF), The high mass resolutions were

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measured with an Agilent 7200 GC–quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) mass spectrometer

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operated in positive chemical ionization mode and controlled by MassHunter Acquisition B.07.

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The GC system was equipped with a DB-1 MS Ultra Inert capillary column (60 m, 250 µm i.d.,

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0.25 µm thick). The GC oven temperature was programmed to begin at 50 °C (held for 5 min) to

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increase to 120 °C by 5 °C /, and then to increase to 300 °C by 10 °C /min (held for 15 min). The

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MMI inlet was set at 250 min °C in split mode with a 50:1 split ratio and an injection volume of

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1 µL. Helium was used as a carrier gas at a flow rate of 1.5 mL/min. The QTOF MS was

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operated at 2 spectra/s in an m/z range of 30–500, with a resolution of approximately 15,000 at

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m/z 150–500. The column was a DB-1 UI (60 m, 250 µm i.d., 0.25 µm thick), operated at 50 °C

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(5 min), increased by 5 °C/min to 120 °C, increased by 10 °C/min to 300 °C (15 min); split 50:1,

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injection 1 µL; MS emission tune fixed in µA; Cl, 5.1/100 (source temperature 300 °C).

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Gas Chromatography Flame Photometric Detector Plus (FPD Plus). The GC was an

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program: 45 °C, 5 min., then 10 °C/min to 250 °C, Carrier gas flow (He): 1.1 mL/min; split ratio

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1:10, injection volume 1 µL of neat sample.

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High Pressure Liquid Chromatography HPLC-UV: The acids were quantified using an

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HPLC Agilent 110 equipped with detector UV (DAD G1315B). The column was a Phenomenex

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Aqua® 5 µm C18 125 Å, LC Column 250 x 2.0 mm. The elution type was isocratic with 50 mM

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KH2PO4, pH 2.9 with a flow rate of 0.25 mL/min. The flow and column diameter were the only

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changed accordingly to the application note: Phenomenex App ID: 14171. The dosage was

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performed exactly as described in the application note.

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Gas Analysis via N-Ethyl Maleimide (NEM) Derivatization. The gas was bubbled (350 L, 200

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L/h) in the same conditions as described previously5 in a 500 mL solution of N-ethyl maleimide

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(NEM) (5 mg/L) with a KH2PO4/K2HPO2 buffer at pH 8 (0.01 M). The organic compounds were

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trapped on a solid phase extraction cartridge (OASIS) and desorbed with 10 mL Et2O containing

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1 µg methyl octanoate as the I.S.

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Preparation of HSSH via disulfanediylbis[methyl(diphenyl)silane].25The methyl diphenyl

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silane (25 g, 126 mmol) was heated at 185 °C for 24 hours in the presence of elemental sulfur (4

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g, 126 mmol). The crude mixture was cooled and distilled (125-135°C, 0.1 mm) to give 10.4 g

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(yield 35.8%). This compound was diluted in toluene (40 mL) and added dropwise (30 min) to

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NaH (2.2 g, 55% in oil, 50 mmol) in toluene (90 mL) in an ice bath (5-10 °C). The reaction

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mixture was filtered. Iodine (5.1 g, 20 mmol) in toluene (200 mL) was added dropwise (2 h),

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keeping the temperature at 20 °C with a cool water bath. As soon as the yellow color

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disappeared, the reaction was stopped. The solution was filtered and the solvent removed at 40

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°C under vacuum on a rotary evaporator. The oil (4 g) (pH 6-7) was kept at -18°C.

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To release HSSH, the crude oil (1 g, 2.2 mmol) was diluted in toluene (5 mL) and TFA (0.22 g,

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2.0 mmol) was added and stirred for 12 h. A Vigreux column (1 cm) was then placed above the

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reactor and about 1.0 mL of toluene enriched in HSSH was distilled under a 10 mmHg vacuum.

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The distillate was collected in a flask cooled to -78 °C. GC-MS-high resolution (HR):HSSH

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M+H = 65.9653 ∆ = 1.97 ppm.

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Preparation of H2S mother solution. Pure H2S from a cylinder was bubbled to saturation in

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EtOH (100 mL). The outlet flask was connected to a bleach scrubber. When H2S absorption

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stopped, the flask was closed and weighed. The weight gain at 22 °C was precise and

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reproducible at 1.4 g/ 100 mL. This solution used for quantitation. The solution was typically

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prepared Monday, used on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then discarded in diluted bleach

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solution. The saturated solution of H2S in toluene was prepared the same way. The solubility was

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0.85 g/ 100 mL.

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Preparation of H-Sn-H and R-Sn-H in EtOH.

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The H2S/EtOH saturated solution (2 mL) was placed in a 20 mL vial and about 200 mg Fe° was

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added. The solution can be used after 15 h at 22 °C as such or extracted with pentane (20 mL)

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and HCl (0.1 M) 2x10 mL. The ratio between H2S, HSSH, and HSSSH was not stable.

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The H2S/EtOH saturated solution (10 mL) was also mixed with CH3SH (1% EtOH, 4.8 mL, 1

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mmol), C2H5SH (62 mg, 1 mmol), Fe° powder (100 mg, 18 mmol), and H2O2 (2 mmol, 30% in

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H2O, 230 µL). After 15 h at 22 °C, the mixture was extracted with pentane and washed with HCl

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(0.1 M) dried on anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated gently under argon. GC-MS-HR:

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CH3SSH M+H = 80.9831 ∆ = 4.7 ppm, CH3CH2SSH 94.9988 ∆ = 4.6 ppm.

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Sulfite Solution Treated with Iron. Na2SO3 (0.2 g, 1.6 mmol) and iron powder (10 g) were

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water (900 mL), and EtOH (100 mL) adjusted to pH 3.3 with NaOH (1 M). Every hour, 100 mL

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of the solution was extracted as described below for analysis.

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Wine Analysis of H2S and HSSH after Derivatization.

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Wine (100 mL) was extracted with a mixture of pentane (50 mL), diethyl ether (20 mL), and

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methyl octanoate (0.1 mL) as the i.s. (solution: 1 g/100 mL EtOAc). The free thiols were

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derivatized by adding PFBBr (10 µL) and DBU (10 µL). The solvent was removed by distillation

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to 5 mL and washed with H2O (2 × 2 mL), the organic phase was dried by using anhydrous

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Na2SO4 and filtered, and the solvent volume was reduced to 0.3-0.5 mL.

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Analysis of flint and pebble. Two were stroke and immeditlay rinsed in a pentane solution

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containing PFBBr and DBU. The pentane was washed with water to remove DBU, dried and the

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solvent was injected on GC-MS.

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General method for quantitation estimations. The Chasselas de Romandie wine (100 mL) was

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spiked with 0.1 mL i.s. (solution: 1 g/100 mL EtOAc) and H2S, from the saturated solution in

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EtOH 1400 µg, 140 µg, 14 µg and no addition. The wine was extracted as described above. The

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extract was injected and the peak area in SIM of 394 was recorded as well as the peak area of 74

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(i.s.). The calibration curve was based on the ratio of 394/74 to give: y=0.0003x + 0.0004, RSQ

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0.997. The same wine was spiked with HSSH in toluene 10 µL; 1 µL and no addition. The wine

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was extracted as described above. The extract was injected and the peak area in SIM of 426 was

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recorded as well as the peak area of 74 (i.s.). The calibration curve was based on the ratio of

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426/74 to give: y=3.37 10-5x + 1.06 10-5, RSQ 0.992.

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HSSH sensory evaluation. Subjects for GC-MS-O and odor profiles of H2S compared to HSSH

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were asked to participate in the GC-MS-O (12 subjects) study and to give a profile for the struck

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stones.

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Selection of two groups of Chasselas contrasted on their minerality level by sensory

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analysis. . The wines came from a specific sensory analysis about minerality in wine performed

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by researchers at Changins – University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland. 80

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Chasselas wines (vintage 2012) were selected in equal numbers from the four French-speaking

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parts of Switzerland (Vaud, Valais, Genève, and Neuchâtel). and spread over two sessions (40

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wines per session). To perform this selection, 62 wine professionals participated at the two

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tasting sessions. For each wine presented, they had to answer the following question: “Do you

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think that this wine is a good example or a poor example of what a mineral wine is?” 26-28 The

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minerality level evaluation was scored ranked on a linear scale from 0 = “poor example” toor 10

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= “good example”.. Evaluation was global without any distinction between orthonasal and

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mouthfeel perception. A total of 30 mL of each wine was poured at 15°C ±2°C into an official

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Institut National d'Appellation d'Origine (INAO) glass and coded with three random digits. The

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presentation was monadic and balanced, based on a Williams Latin square design. A 2 minutes

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break was imposed after every 10 wines and a 10 minutes break in the middle of the session

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(after 20 wines). Two significant distinct groups were identified and selected, seven with a poor

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level of minerality exemplarity and seven with a high level of minerality.20 Within each

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subgroup, two wines were selected for this study (Table 1, Supporting Information).

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Analysis of the Contaminated H2S/N2 Cylinder. The GC-MS analysis of the contaminated gas

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cylinder displayed two major signals with a mass of 284, corresponding to the molecular formula 10

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C12H16N2O4S with m/z 127 (C6H9NO2), typical for the NEM moiety. These two signals were

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assigned to the NEM-S-NEM diastereoisomers.5,29,30 Additional compounds with a fragment

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corresponding to m/z 127 were detected with masses corresponding to 173, 187, 205, 219, and

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316 (MS in Supporting Information). The possible chemical structures should be limited to

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compounds that are closely related to H2S. From the masses and the fragmentation patterns of

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NEM derivatives, M+ 173 was attributed to methylmercaptan, M+ 187 to ethylmercaptan, and M+

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205 and 219 to their disulfides; M+ 316 could well be attributed to NEM-S-S-NEM. A GC-MS

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signal with a mass of M+ 159 and a fragmentation of m/z 126 and 60 was also obtained. This MS

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spectrum was never observed during our previous work when we focused on quantifying H2S and

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methylmercaptan in latrine headspace in developing countries. The mass of M+ 159,

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corresponding to C6H9NO2S, was tentatively assigned to NEM-SH (Figure 1 and S2 - 7). The

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flint smell could not come from methylmercaptan and ethylmercaptan because their odor profile

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does not correspond to the smell liberated by the cylinder in toilet model, therefore to only

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possible origin of the smell was from the disulfane. In order to verify this hypothesis we

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prepared the disulfane.

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Preparation of Hydrogen Sulfanes (H2Sn). The disulfane was prepared in 19309 dissolving

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elemental sulfur in boiling water with Na2S and then this solution was added to concentrate HCl.

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A mixture of sulfane was obtained by distillation. Reproducing this procedure failed in our labs,

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maybe because we worked on a too small scale. A cleaner method was described by Becker and

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Wojnowski,31 a and Hahn and Altenbach (Figure 2).25 The disulfanediylbis

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[methyl(diphenyl)silane] was not stable on SiO2 and decomposed during flash chromatography to

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give silane oxide derivatives. For this reason, the filtered solution was kept at -18 °C without 11

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further purification. Sulfanes HSSH (H2S2) (LRI 561) was generated when needed by using TFA

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and co-distilled with toluene as described.25 It was not possible to avoid the formation of

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HSSSH (H2S3) (LRI 817). The proportion of trisulfane was around 10% of the disulfane in terms

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of peak area. The di and tri-sulfanes are stable in crude distilled toluene solution. They can be

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injected on GC apolar column but decomposed on polar column (Figure 3).

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To avoid having the disulfane in toluene and TFA, we investigated a Fenton-type oxidation

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method. The H2S/EtOH saturated solution was added to a suspension of iron (Fe°) or a solution

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of FeSO4 in water at pH 3.5 containing 1 equivalent molar of H2O2. The addition of this solution

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to H2S instantaneously produces a white solid, likely corresponding to the formation of elemental

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sulfur. Using a catalytic amount of H2O2 (1% mol) promoted the formation of sulfanes, but over

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time they disappeared. The other problem was that ethanol was slightly oxidized in acetaldehyde

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with the Fenton solution. Acetaldehyde reacts with H2S and gives a range of sulfur compounds

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having a garlic character. Therefore, the preparation of H2Sn in ethanol as an authentic sample

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was abandoned. The GC-MS obtained after the addition of iron powder (Fe°) to ethanol

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saturated with H2S, followed by extraction and derivatization, is disclosed in the(Figure S8-10).

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The addition of methylmercaptan and ethylmercaptan to H2S and iron gave a very complex

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mixture having a garlic odor profile. From this complex mixture, we obtained references for

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CH3SnH and C2H5SnH (n = 1, 2, 3). These compounds were characterized by MS, HRMS, GC-

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olfaction (O) and LRI measurements. CH3SSH (LRI 634) was described as matches, burnt eggs,

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and sewage. CH3CH2SSH (LRI 726) eluted just after dimethyldisulfide (LRI 715) and was

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described as garlic, rubber, matches, and green (Figures S11-18).

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Derivatization with Pentafluorobenzyl Bromide (PFBBr). Derivatization with NEM is not

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appropriate for H2S or for H2Sn.5,29 For this reason, we changed the derivatization agent and used

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PFBBr.32 The HSSH freshly distilled in toluene was derivatized with PFBBr and DBU (Figure

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4). . This method is preferred over that of NEM, mainly for chromatographic reasons (Figure

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4A), as the peaks are better defined. A typical mass spectrum fragment of PFBBr in MS is m/z

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181, which should allow easy tracking in single ion monitoring mode (Figure 4B), but the

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problem is that PFBBr is a hard electrophile and in can react with electrophiles. In the case of

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wine, it reacts with organic acids, and the ester between octanoic acid and PFBBr has a close LRI

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(1580 ±5) on an apolar column compared to PFB-S-PFB (LRI 1617 ±5). For this reason the

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molecular ion was recorded for the quantifications and not m/z 181 (Figure 4B). Different

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options have been considered for preparing H2S and H2Sn derivatives in wine. The first option

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was to raise wine pH to 8 with NaOH and then add PFBBr/DBU, but changing the pH, could

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harm H2S and HSSH by oxidation or lost due to other reactions. Therefore the wine was

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extracted with a mixture of pentane and diethylether and the derivatization was performed in the

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organic extract. On polar GC column the ratio of PFB-S-PFB (LRI 2082 ±5), PFB-S-S-PFB (LRI

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2345 ±5) were different and PFB-S-S-S-PFB decomposed.

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An authentic sample was also prepared mixing H2S, CH3SH and C2H5SH in ethanol in presence

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of iron (Fe°) and H2O2 to confirm the occurrence of these compounds in flint and pebble (Figure

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Odor impact estimation of HSSH over H2S by GC-O. HSSH couldn’t be obtained pure, it is

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unstable and it always contains traces of H2S and H2S3 When the contaminated gas was blown in

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the toilet model system, the flint smell was obvious even if H2S was the major compound in the

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time on the GC apolar column is the same as EtOH and it decomposes on polar column. When

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pentane is used as an extraction solvent, the hydrogen disulfane (LRI of 561) is in the peak

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tailing of the solvent. The pentane solution obtained by the extraction of the H2S oxidation in

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EtOH is not stable, probably because of the co-extraction of radical intermediate species from the

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reaction in ethanol. But the crude HSSH solution obtained from the silanyl precursor in toluene is

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smell, as we assumed that the time is too short for habituation. A saturated solution of H2S in

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toluene was prepared (8 ± 0.3 mg/mL) from the H2S cylinder and determined the concentration

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in TIC. The same solution injected on a GC equipped with a pulsFPD gave a peak ratio of H2S

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in toluene). The GC-O was performed with eight subjects. The sniffing time were predetermined

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toluene. Only one sniffing per day was performed by each subject. The sniffing was repeated for

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four dilution steps corresponding to 1.3, 0.44, 0.15, and 0.05 mg/mL. The focus was to describe

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the odor intensity on a linear scale from 0 to 5 and to describe the odor profile of hydrogen

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disulfane. The descriptors were flint, matches, firework, and cold ashes for HSSH. The intensity

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than H2S by GC-O (Figure 6). This value indicates that HSSH has a stronger impact than H2S but

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in our conditions it was not possible to determine an odor threshold.

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Disulfane from Struck Conglomerate Pebbles and Flint. Flint is a hard sedimentary

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cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz. We obtained two pieces from Dordogne, France,

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close to the “Grotte de Lascaux.” When two rocks are struck against themselves, sparks can be

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produced along with a typical smell. Twenty subjects were asked to describe the odor

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immediately after striking. The descriptors are listed in order of frequency of use by the panelists:

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flint, struck matches, cold fireworks, and dentist drill odor.

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Dark pebbles from a conglomerate, a common and widely distributed type of rock formed by

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metamorphic processes, were obtained from Mont Pelerin (Canton de Vaud, Switzerland). The

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odor was close to that obtained from flint. No blind sensory panels were organized to assess

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whether the differences observed by direct comparison are significant. The odor descriptors are

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listed in order of frequency of use by the panelists as follows: gun powder, skunks, burnt hairs,

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mushroom shiitake, struck matches, cold fireworks. The struck pebble odor was more culinary

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and more complex compared with flint, for which fewer descriptors were used. The smell

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containing PFBBr and DBU. From the pentane alone, no peak could be seen. After

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HSSH, and HSSSH (Figures S1 - 18). The strength of the struck and the contact surface were

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Occurrence of Disulfane in Wine. If the minerality is associated with the flint odor, therefore

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HSSH should be more abundant in mineral wine. The white wine Chasselas de Romandie was

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used as a model system in our development method. To start, H2S in EtOH was spiked at

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different concentrations in the Chasselas de Romandie wine with a constant amount of i.s.

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Extraction and derivatization were performed in the organic phase, then the ratio of m/z 394 / 74

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in SIM mode was recorded to establish the calibration curve. The wine is a difficult matrices,

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thiol can be oxidized, complexed, or reacts with electrophiles.33,34 Ferreira noticed that in some

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wine 97% of H2S is complexed.33 The calibration curve was directly determined in white wine

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obtained a perfect linearity. We experienced a lot of difficulties, for instance we used the

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propane thiol as standard29 but unfortunately HSSH reacted immediately to give H2S and

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olfactives differences observed between mineral and non-mineral wines can be seen at the level

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Due to the importance reported of the malic acid for the mineral character, the concentrations of

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malic acid-lactic acid were measured. The most mineral wine had indeed a higher proportion of

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malic acid compared to the non-mineral wines. The non-mineral wines like VDa60 was 0.06 g/L

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malic acid -3.3 g/L lactic acid(pH 3.9) and GEa14 was 0.25-2 g/L (pH 3.6) for the least mineral

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wines. The and 2 g/L malic acid -0.2 lactic acid g/L (pH 3.7) for VDm54, the most mineral wine

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This analysis confirmed that HSSH is more abundant in wines defined as mineral and that H2S

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Is it possible to promote the formation of HSSH by adding iron (Fe°)? When the white wine

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Chasselas de Romandie was treated with iron, both H2S and HSSH concentrations increased by a

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factor of 10. This was difficult to explain if it was due to oxido-reductions reaction or any other

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interaction with sulfur complexes. To gain some understanding, Na2SO3 was added to a wine

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model system containing L-malic acid, DL-tartaric acid, water, and EtOH, adjusted to pH 3.3.

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When iron was added, H2S was first generated, but after 6-8 hours, HSSH was the major species

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and after 24 hours, only traces of sulfanes could be detected.

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The occurrence of HSSH in wine is a result of complex equilibriums. The oxido-reduction

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reaction mechanisms of copper Cu (II), Cu (I) or iron Fe (III), Fe (II) with H2S, cysteine, 3-

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sulfanylhexan-1-ol, and other sulfur compounds in wine has recently been discussed. Sulfuric off

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odors, described as having a reductive character originating from H2S, CH3SH, and C2H5SH, can

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be controlled with copper; the formation of inorganic CuI&II or Fe II&III and organic polysulfane

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was demonstrated but not the formation of HSSH or HSSSH, nor their odor contribution.35,36

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sulfanes and describe their odor profile. The same sulfanes were present in both flint and in

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pebbles however the extract was unstable. Thus it was not possible to describe in details the

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impact of each compound, including other mercaptans. This may explain why this common is

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smell still not very well understood. This could also help to better understand the nature of “flint

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odor” in wine. When wine tasters associate flint odor with wine minerality, the di- and trisulfanes

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the objective of this paper; rather, we aimed to investigate the potential link between the

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occurrence of sulfanes and the minerality of wine. This discovery opens the door to new

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investigations into this unstable class of compounds.

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ABBREVIATIONS USED

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DBU, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene; EI-MS, electron impact-mass spectrometry; GC, gas

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chromatography; HR, high resolution; INAO, Institut National d'Appellation d'Origine; i.s.,

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internal standard; LRIs, linear retention indices; NEM, 1-ethyl-(N-ethyl maleimide); O, olfaction;

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PCA, principal component analysis; PFBBr, pentafluorobenzyl bromide; QTOF, quadrupole

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time-of-flight; TFA, trifluoroacetic acid; TIC, total ion current, SIM single ion monitoring.

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We would like to express our appreciation to the following people: Mrs Myriam Broggi-Praz,

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former president of the “Association suisse des sommeliers professionnels (ASSP)”; M. Anthony

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Morris, retired perfumer and wine dealer; M. Eric Praz, flavorist, for pretasting and discussion;

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Prof. Pascal Kindler, Département de Géologie et Paléontologie from the University of Geneva;

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Dr. Laurent Wunsche for his helpful discussions and support; Dr. Emilie Belhassen for high-

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resolution MS measurements; Philippe Merles and Mme Lucie Barroux for running the GC-MS-

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O; Mrs Laetitia Schaller for GC-FPD and Dr. Isabelle Cayeux for setting up the contact with

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Changins.

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Supporting Information: MS spectral data of NEM derivatives, GC-MS trace as a fingerprint of

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EtOH/H2S solution in the presence of iron. Experimental procedures and MS spectral data of

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acetaldehyde gemdithiol derivatized with PFBBr and PFBBr esterified with octanoic acid. MS

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spectral data of CH3SS-R, C2H5SS-R, CH3SSS-R, CH3SSH, C2H5SSH, CH3SSSH, and

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C2H5SSSH and two wine selections and attributes. Chasselas dry white wines selected for this

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analysis based on their minerality or non-minerality

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