Dimerization of ionized 4-(methyl mercapto)-phenol during ESI, APCI and APPI mass spectrometry

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1389-1394

  Wu, Lianming ^a   Eberlin, Marcos N ^b   Corilo, Yuri E ^b   Liu, David Q ^a   Yin, Hao ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure ionization; Electrolytic oxidation; Impurity analysis; In source dimerization; Ion molecule reaction

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MASS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTO IONIZATION; CHARGED DROPLET; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DIMERIZATION REACTIONS; ELECTROLYTIC OXIDATION; ELECTROLYTIC PROCESS; ELECTROPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS; GASPHASE; IN-SOURCE DIMERIZATION; ION/MOLECULE REACTION; ION/MOLECULE REACTIONS; MASS SPECTRAL DATA; STRUCTURAL ASSIGNMENTS; SULFONIUM IONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PHENOLS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

4 (METHYLMERCAPTO)PHENOL; AROMATIC COMPOUND; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTO IONIZATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY; GAS ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE MEASUREMENT; DIMERIZATION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FREE RADICALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOLS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 70349287620     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1633     Document Type: Article

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