Characterization of Ethyl Chloroformate Derivative of β-Methylamino-l-alanine

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 817-825

  Guo, Tan ^a   Geis, Steve ^a   Hedman, Curtis ^a   Arndt, Michael ^a   Krick, William ^a   Sonzogni, William ^a  

^a WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO GROUPS; ELECTRON IONIZATION (EI); METHYLAMINO-L-ALANINE;

DERIVATIVES;

2 AMINO 3 METHYLAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; CARBON 13; CHLOROFORMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ESTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; FORMIC ACID ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34247189203     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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