IRMPD action spectroscopy of alkali metal cation-cytosine complexes: Effects of alkali metal cation size on gas phase conformation

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1523-1533

  Yang, Bo ^a   Wu, R R ^a   Polfer, N C ^b   Berden, G ^c   Oomens, J ^c,d   Rodgers, M T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkali metal cations; Cytosine; Gas phase conformations; Infrared multiple photon dissociation action spectroscopy; Tautomers

Indexed keywords

ACTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALKALI METAL CATIONS; CYTOSINE; GASPHASE; TAUTOMERS;

BINDING ENERGY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; PHOTONS; POSITIVE IONS;

CONFORMATIONS;

ALKALI METAL; CESIUM ION; CYTOSINE; LITHIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; RUBIDIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CATION TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATION; ELECTROSPRAY; GAS PHASE CONFORMATION; INFRARED MULTIPLE PHOTON DISSOCIATION ACTION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAUTOMER;

CATIONS; CYTOSINE; GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, ALKALI; PARTICLE SIZE; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84884543226     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-013-0689-7     Document Type: Article

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