Studies in Mass Spectrometry. II. Random Hydrogen Rearrangement in Aromatic Molecular Ions

1962 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 771 ◽  
Author(s):  
CG Macdonald ◽  
JS Shannon
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
Deuterium Exchange ◽  
Molecular Ion ◽  
Hydrogen Rearrangement ◽  
Aromatic Hydrogen

To provide data for investigations by, inter alia, mass-spectrometric methods into the deuterium exchange of the aromatic hydrogen of some coal fractions, a study was made which confirmed the occurrence of completely random hydrogen rearrangement prior to or during the elimination of C2H2 in the molecular ions of benzene-1,2,3-d3, benzene-l,3,5-d3, naphthalene-1,2,3,4-d4, naphthalene-1,4,5,8-d4, and phenanthrene-9,10-d2, and in the phenyl ions derived from o-bromobenzene-d, m-bromobenzene-d, and p-chlorobenzene-d, Similar but incomplete hydrogen rearrangement was found to occur in the molecular ion of carbazole-N-d prior to or during elimination of HCN. Such rearrangements, for which mechanistic considerations are presented, must be taken into account when the mass spectra of deuterium-substituted aromatic compounds are being interpreted.

Compounds of aziadamantane type: Mass spectrometric study

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei D. Isaev ◽  
Nataliya F. Karpenko ◽  
Aleksandr G. Yurchenko ◽  
Luděk Vodička ◽  
Valentin I. Kadentsev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Mass Spectrometric Study ◽  
Nitrogen Molecule ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
Spectrometric Study ◽  
Molecular Ion ◽  
Mechanism Of Decomposition ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Type Mass

Azi and hydrazi derivatives of adamantane,adamantanone and diamantane were studied by mass spectrometry. The EI spectra of azi derivatives lack completely molecular ions; the presence of abundant dehydroadamantane or dehydrodiamantane ions corresponds to elimination of nitrogen molecule from the molecular ion. Comparison of the EI ionization with photolysis or pyrolysis allowed to deduce some analogies and to suggest the mechanism of decomposition of the molecular ion.

scholarly journals Confirmation of Indandione Rodenticide Toxicoses by Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry

1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Emmett Braselton ◽  
Regg D. Neiger ◽  
Robert H. Poppenga
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Similar Case ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Sample Introduction ◽  
Physical Evidence ◽  
Direct Exposure ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Isotope Cluster

Mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (MS/MS) with collision-activated dissociation (CAD) was utilized to unequivocally distinguish 1,3-indandione rodenticides in 2 cases of anticoagulant toxicosis. Anecdotal evidence provided by the veterinarian in a case involving feedlot cows and physical evidence at the site of occurrence in a similar case involving lambs strongly implicated diphenadione (diphacinone; DP) in both instances. However, high performance liquid chromatography indicated chlorophacinone (CP), not DP, was present in the blood samples obtained from both cows and lambs. Intact 1,3-indandiones exhibit poor gas chromatographic properties, so procedures were developed for analysis by MS/MS using a direct exposure probe for sample introduction. The EI mass spectra of DP and CP contained a base peak at m/z 173, with molecular ions (M+) at m/z 340 and m/z 374 (Cl isotope cluster), respectively. Corresponding MS/MS CAD parent ion spectra of m/z 173 showed an ion of m/z 340 for DP and 374 (Cl cluster) for CP. CAD analysis of the blood extracts showed a parent ion scan of m/z 173 identical to that of CP, with the m/z 374 (Cl cluster). (Additional evidence was obtained by MS/MS examination of the CAD daughter ion spectrum of m/z 374.) Blood extracts from the affected animals revealed CAD daughter ion spectra for m/z 374 identical to that of reference CP. Positive confirmation of CP in both cases led to identification of the source of the toxicant and prevention of further animal exposures.

Mass Spectrometric Behaviour of Carboxylated Polyethylene Glycols and Carboxylated Octylphenol Ethoxylates

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Frańska ◽  
Agnieszka Zgoła ◽  
Joanna Rychłowska ◽  
Andrzej Szymański ◽  
Zenon Łukaszewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Metal Cations ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
Polyethylene Glycols ◽  
Alkali Metal Cations ◽  
Secondary Ion

The mass spectrometric behaviour of mono- and di-carboxylated polyethylene glycols (PEGCs and CPEGCs) and carboxylated octylphenol ethoxylates (OPECs) is discussed. The tendency for ionisation (deprotonation, protonation and cationisation by alkali–metal cations) of carboxylated PEGs was compared with that of non-carboxylated analogues by using both secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and electrospray ionisation (ESI). The fragmentation of the PEGCs and CPEGCs is discussed and also compared with their neutral analogues, PEGs. B/E linked-scan mass spectra were recorded, using secondary-ion mass spectrometry as a method for ion generation, for deprotonated and protonated molecules as well as for molecules cationised by alkali–metal cations. The fragmentation behaviour of PEGs is found to be different from that of CPEGCs, The presence of carboxyl groups may be confirmed not only by the determination of molecular weights of the ethoxylates studied, but also on the basis of the fragment ions formed. The metastable decomposition of the [OPEC-H]− ions proceeds through the cleavage of the bond between the octylphenol moiety and the ethoxylene chain and leads to the octylphenoxyl anions. It permits determination of the mass of the hydrophobic moiety of the studied carboxylated alkylphenol ethoxylate. ESI mass spectra recorded in the negative-ion mode were found to be more suitable than SI mass spectra for the determination of the average molecular weight of carboxylated ethoxylates.

Mass Spectrometry of N-Benzoyl-2-hydroxyalkylamines. Role of the Hydroxylic Hydrogen in the Fragmentation Pattern

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (21) ◽  
pp. 3175-3187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don C. DeJongh ◽  
Denis C. K. Lin ◽  
Pierre LeClair-Lanteigne ◽  
Denis Gravel
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Fragmentation Pattern ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Related Compounds ◽  
Double Hydrogen ◽  
Hydrogen Rearrangement

An interesting rearrangement has been observed in the mass spectra of a series of N-benzoyl-2-hydroxyalkylamines. The hydrogen atom of the hydroxyl group is transferred to the N-benzoyl portion of the molecular ion and the bond between positions 1 and 2 in the N-alkyl group is cleaved. A rearrangement ion, observed at m/e 135, is formed along with a neutral aldehyde or ketone. When the hydroxylic hydrogen is replaced by a trimethylsilyl substituent, the latter group is transferred with comparable efficiency. Differences in the relative importance of this rearrangement in the mass spectra of a series of related compounds with decreasing substitution at position 2, have been explained by differences in the stabilities of the neutral molecules formed along with m/e 135 and by the occurrence of a double hydrogen rearrangement which competes if hydrogen atoms are present in a relationship gamma and delta to the carbonyl group.

Mass spectral investigations on selenium compounds. II. The behaviour of meta-and para-substituted benzeneseleninic acids and of meta-nitrophenyl selenocyanate under electron impact

1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Benedetti ◽  
C Preti ◽  
L Tassi ◽  
G Tosi
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Electron Impact ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Selenium Compounds ◽  
Molecular Ion ◽  
Mass Spectral ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Fragment Ions

Substituted benzeneseleninic acids of the type XC6H4SeO2H (X = m-Cl, p-Cl, m-Br, p-Br, p-Me, m-NO2, p-NO2) have been investigated by mass spectrometry. The fragmentation modes and the fragment ions are discussed and compared with those obtained from the mass spectrum of m-nitro-phenyl selenocyanate, O2NC6H4SeCN. Generally, as regards the acids, besides very weak peaks due to the molecular ions, a number of peaks at higher mass numbers and of greater intensity is observed; these peaks are in multiplets typical of the presence of two selenium atoms, and they correspond to the disubstituted diphenyl diselenides of the type XC6H4SeSeC6H4X. m-Nitrophenyl selenocyanate shows an intense molecular ion peak and the relative fragmentation, while the peak due to the diselenide is of very low intensity.

Mass spectrometric and theoretical investigations into the formation of argon molecular ions in plasma mass spectrometry

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 643 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sabine Becker ◽  
Gotthard Seifert ◽  
Anatoli I. Saprykin ◽  
Hans-Joachim Dietze
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
Theoretical Investigations ◽  
Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Detection by mass spectrometry of hydrocarbon biradicals, pyridine and aniline in a flame ionization detector

1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Head ◽  
T McAllister
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Electron Impact ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Impact Ionization ◽  
Electron Impact Ionization ◽  
Flame Ionization Detector ◽  
Ionization Detector ◽  
Flame Ionization ◽  
Reaction Zones

The mass spectra of ions of > 75 in an f.i.d.-type flame with benzene additive have shown that hitherto undetected species of formulas CllH9+ and CI3H9+ are present, which may be attributed to protonation of the biradicals C11H8 and C13H8 by H3O+. The remainder of the hydrocarbon ions present are attributable to protonation of aromatic compounds (e.g. naphthalene and indene) which have been detected previously in premixed benzeneloxygen flames by electron impact ionization. Addition of NH3 to the benzene sample suppresses all the hydrocarbon peaks of m/z > 100 but generates new peaks of m/z 80 and 94, attributable to the protonation of pyridine and aniline. Aniline may be generated by addition of NH2 radicals to benzene in the pyrolysis and reaction zones of the flame.

Studies in Mass Spectrometry. VII. Triterpenoids: Ifflaionic Acid

1963 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 683 ◽  
Author(s):  
JS Shannon
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Keto Group ◽  
Chemical Derivatives ◽  
Pentacyclic Triterpenoid

The mass spectra of the methyl ester of the new unsaturated pentacyclic triterpenoid ifflaionic acid (urs-12-en-3-on-30-oic acid) and some of its chemical derivatives are presented. These may be used to assign position C-20 to the carbomethoxy and C-3 or C-7 to the keto group. Mechanistic proposals for, and the effect of functional groups on, the main fragmentation of the molecular ions (cleavage through ring C) are discussed.

Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectra of Some N-α-(t-Butoxycarbonyl)-O-(diorganylphosphono)-L-serines and O-(Diorganylphosphono)seryl-Containing Dipeptides and Tripeptides

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 229 ◽  
Author(s):  
JW Perich ◽  
I Liepa ◽  
AL Chaffee ◽  
RB Johns
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Fast Atom Bombardment ◽  
Molecular Ions ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Negative Ion ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Positive Ion

Positive and negative ion fast atom bombardment ( f.a.b .) mass spectrometry were found to be useful methods for the analysis and structural characterization of five Nα-(t- butoxycarbonyl )-O-( diorganylphosphono )-L- serines ( organyl = Ph, Et, Me, Bzl , But), especially in the case of the sensitive benzyl and t-butyl phosphono derivatives. Under positive ion operating conditions, high intensity pseudo-molecular ions were obtained in the f.a.b . mass spectra, and the fragmentation pathway of the phenyl, ethyl and methyl derivatives was established by parent/daughter linked scanning studies to involve (a) the two-step loss of the t- butoxycarbonyl group, (b) loss of the amino acid as the neutral fragment from the [MH]+, [MH-56]+, [MH-100]+ and [MH-146]+ ions by a four- centred β-elimination rearrangement, and (c) cleavage of the phosphono phenyl and ethyl groups from only the [(RO)2P(OH)2]+ and [NH=CHCH2PO3R2+H]+ fragments. Parent/daughter linked scanning studies of the benzyl derivative showed that the prominent fragmentation involved loss of the benzyl group as the tropylium ion and that the 'apparent' [MH-90]+ peak observed in its f.a.b. mass spectrum resulted from cleavage of the phosphono benzyl group in the matrix during the bombardment process. In the case of the t-butyl derivative, parent/daughter linked scanning studies showed that the prominent fragmentation involved successive 'in-flight' loss of the phosphono t-butyl groups as isobutene. Negative ion f.a.b. mass spectrometry of the five derivatives gave f.a.b. mass spectra which displayed distinct [M-H]- anions along with high intensity [M-H-R]- and [(RO)2PO2]- fragment anions, the f.a.b . mass spectrum of the t-butyl derivative containing an additional [M-H-But-But]- fragment anion. Parent/daughter linked scanning studies established that the majority of the observed fragment anions resulted from extensive fragmentation of the Boc -Ser(PO3R2)-OH derivatives in the matrix phase followed by sputtering of the resultant fragments into the gas phase. In addition, positive ion f.a.b . mass spectrometry was found to be useful for the analysis of a series of protected O-( diorganylphosphono ) seryl-containing dipeptides and tripeptides ( organyl = Ph, Et, Me, Bzl ). The obtained spectra showed that β-elimination fragmentation of the Ser(PO3R2) residue was more pronounced with the tripeptide series and indicated that there was increased sensitivity of the O-( diorganylphosphono ) seryl residue with replacement of the Boc group by an amino acyl residue at its N-terminus.

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