Resumen de Determination of Cinnamaldehyde in Cinnamon by SPME GC MS. An Instrumental Analysis Experiment.

Yimin Wang, Jessica Ocariz, Jennifer Hammersand, Evan MacDonald, Ashley Bartczak, Frank Kero, Vaneica Y. Young, Kathryn R. Williams

• Students analyze trans-cinnamaldehyde in commercial cinnamon using solid-phase microextraction and GC�MS with ethyl benzoate as the internal standard. Aside from the instrumentation, the experiment utilizes readily available low hazard materials and can be completed within one four-hour laboratory period.