Protonating Polymer Oligomers in the Gas Phase to Change Fragmentation Pathways

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-66

  Alhazmi, Abdulrahman M ^a   Mayer, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ESTERS; ETHERS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL FORMING; METAL IONS; METHANOL; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PACKET NETWORKS; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

BUTYL ACRYLATES; COLLISION ENERGIES; FORMING METALS; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; GAS PHASE; INDUCED DISSOCIATIONS; ION ADDUCTS; MASS SPECTRUMS; NEUTRAL LOSSES; OLIGOMER CHAINS; POLIES (METHYL METHACRYLATE); PROTONATED; PROTONATING; RADICAL MECHANISMS; SIDE CHAINS; SMALL MOLECULES;

IONS;

ACID ANHYDRIDE; BUTANOL; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; METHANOL; OLIGOMER; POLY(BUTYL ACRYLATE); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYANHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ACRYLATES; BUTANOLS; METHANOL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROTONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 57649178935     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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