When I made the analysis GC-MS of an essential oil, I found as majority product the 1-Chloromethyl-1-(3,5-dimethylcyclohexyloxy)-1-silacyclohexane is that possible and logic the presence of sila (metal Si)
Dear Ouassila,
SILICA Minerals are present throughout the cell walls of plants. Therefore, it is expected that a small percentage of Si will be detected when analyzing as essential oil by GC-MS.
For more on the presence of Si compounds with organic compounds extracted from plants, please see the following link:
https://books.google.it/books?id=xnOVGsdCktwC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=presence+of+silicates+in+essential+oils&source=bl&ots=p0TwTYY25W&sig=CqcnC0u_D3SInHcbRbY2x38veDI&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=presence%20of%20silicates%20in%20essential%20oils&f=false
Hoping this will be helpful,
Rafik
Dear Ouassila,
Some vegetables contain colloidal silica but it is very doubtful that the silicon compound you suspected can be present in an essential oil. Your GC-MS assignment is likely to be wrong.
Sincerely,
JPC
I strongly suspect that the library search has given a wrong identification. However, it is possible that the chemical class is correct. In such case it may derive from the siloxanes of the column stationary phase
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