Identification of "known unknowns" utilizing accurate mass data and chemical abstracts service databases

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 348-359

  Little, James L ^a   Cleven, Curtis D ^a   Brown, Stacy D ^b  

^a EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accurate mass spectrometry; CAS registry; Chemical abstracts service; Electrospray ionization; ESI; GC MS; Identification; Known unknowns; LC MS; SciFinder; STN express

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MASS SPECTROMETRY; CAS REGISTRY; CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE; ESI; GC-MS; IDENTIFICATION; KNOWN UNKNOWNS; LC-MS; SCIFINDER; STN EXPRESS;

ABSTRACTING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE DATABASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REGISTER;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYMERS;

EID: 79952521506     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-010-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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