Decay mechanisms of protonated 4-quinolone antibiotics after electrospray ionization and ion activation

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1974-1986

  Kovačević, Borislav ^a   Schorr, Pascal ^b   Qi, Yulin ^b   Volmer, Dietrich A ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Quinolones; Collision induced dissociation; Density functional theory; Electrospray ionization; Gas phase basicity; Isomers; Proton affinity; Zwitterions

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANTIBIOTICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MOLECULES; PROTONATION; PROTONS;

4-QUINOLONES; COLLISION INDUCED DISSOCIATION; GAS PHASE BASICITY; PROTON AFFINITY; ZWITTERIONS;

ISOMERS;

4 QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYL GROUP; CIPROFLOXACIN; DANOFLOXACIN; ETHER; FLUMEQUINE; FORMIC ACID; METHANOL; NALIDIXIC ACID; PROTON; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GAS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROSPRAY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GAS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; ISOMER; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PHASE SEPARATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOMERISM; PROCEDURES;

4-QUINOLONES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GASES; ISOMERISM; PROTONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84910152023     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0972-2     Document Type: Article

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