An isomer-specific high-energy collision-induced dissociation MS/MS database for forensic applications: A proof-of-concept on chemical warfare agent markers

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 917-924

  Subramaniam, Raja ^a,b   Östin, Anders ^a   Nygren, Yvonne ^a   Juhlin, Lars ^a   Nilsson, Calle ^a   Åstot, Crister ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alkylphosphonic acids; charge remote fragmentation; HE CID; MS MS database; nerve agents

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHOSPHONIC ACIDS; CARBON-CARBON BOND; CENTRE OF MASS; CHAIN STRUCTURE; CHARGE-REMOTE FRAGMENTATION; CHEMICAL IONIZATION; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COLLISION-INDUCED DISSOCIATION; DATABASE SEARCHES; FLUORINATED DERIVATIVES; FORENSIC APPLICATIONS; HIGH ENERGY; ION SERIES; LOW ENERGIES; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; MS/MS DATABASE; NERVE AGENTS; OPTIMAL SEQUENTIAL; PHOSPHONATES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVES;

CHEMICAL WARFARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEGRADATION; DISSOCIATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); IONIZATION POTENTIAL; ISOMERS; NEGATIVE IONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEARCH ENGINES;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; DATA BASE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; ISOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGATIVE ION ELECTROSPRAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 80052790699     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1970     Document Type: Article

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