Composition studies on tobacco—XXII.: The nitromethane-soluble, neutral fraction of cigarette smoke

Abstract A nitromethane-soluble residue from the neutral fraction of cigarette smoke was resolved into a number of components by column and gas chromatographic methods. Spectral analysis (i.r., u.v. and mass) indicated the presence of benzyl benzoate, benzyl cinnamate, myristicin, cinnamonitrile, carbazole, indole and skatole. Some evidence was obtained for the presence of other aromatic esters, a halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon and certain substituted indoles and carbazoles.