Differentiation of ionised benzimidazole from its isomeric α-distonic ion by collision-induced dissociation and neutralisation-reionisation mass spectrometry

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-387

  Karapanayiotis, Thanasis ^a,b   Bowen, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzimidazole; Distonic ion; Isomerisation; Radical cation; Tautomerism; Ylid

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIMETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE; 5,6-DIMETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CATION; CYANOCOBALAMIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BENZIMIDAZOLES; CATIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 27644497812     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.775     Document Type: Article

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