Gas- and particle-phase emissions from gasoline anddiesel vehicles operated on chassis dynamometers werecollected using annular denuders, quartz filters, and PUFsubstrates. Quinone species were measured using
O-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl)hydroxylamine derivatization in conjunction with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.Nine quinones were observed, ranging from C
6 to C
16. Newspecies identified in motor vehicle exhaust include methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (MNQN),and aceanthrenequinone. Gas-phase motor vehicle emissionsof quinones are also reported for the first time. Six gas-phase quinones were quantified with emission rates of2-28 000
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g L
-1 fuel consumed. The most abundant gas-phase quinones were 1,4-benzoquinone (BQN) andMNQN. The gas-phase fraction was
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69% of quinonemass for light-duty gasoline emissions, and
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84% for heavy-duty diesel emissions. Eight particle-phase quinoneswere observed between 2 and 1600
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g L
-1, with BQN themost abundant species followed by 9,10-phenanthrenequinone and 1,2-naphthoquinone. Current particle-phasequinone measurements agree well with the few availableprevious results. Further research is needed concerningthe gas-particle partitioning behavior of quinones in ambientand combustion source conditions.