An experimental and theoretical study on fragmentation of protonated N-(2-pyridinylmethyl)indole in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2509-2516

  You, Zhushuang ^a   Guo, Cheng ^a   Pan, Yuanjiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FOURIER SERIES; IONIZATION OF GASES; PHOTODISSOCIATION; POSITIVE IONS; PROTON TRANSFER; PROTONATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DISSOCIATION REACTIONS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; FRAGMENTATION REACTIONS; ION/NEUTRAL COMPLEXES; MECHANISTICS; PROTONATED; PROTONATED MOLECULES; PROTONATION SITE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84866667693     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6371     Document Type: Article

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