Relative Importance of Basicity in the Gas Phase and in Solution for Determining Selectivity in Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 719-728

  Ehrmann, Brandie M ^a   Henriksen, Trine ^b   Cech, Nadja B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLVENTS;

ELECTROSPRAY RESPONSE; GAS PHASE; PROTONATABLE ANALYTES;

ALKALINITY;

ACETIC ACID; BASE; METHANOL; SOLVENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS ANALYSIS; PH; PKA; PROTON TRANSPORT;

GASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHASE TRANSITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 42749083349     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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