Mass spectral fragmentation of trimethylsilylated small molecules

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 245-257

  Lai, Zijuan ^a   Fiehn, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

cheminformatics; gas chromatography mass spectrometry; software; spectra simulation; structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SPECTROMETRY;

CHEMINFORMATICS; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTRAL FRAGMENTATION; OPEN-SOURCE SOLUTIONS; SPECTRA SIMULATIONS; STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION; UNKNOWN IDENTIFICATIONS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINE; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; STEROID;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; PROCEDURES;

ALCOHOLS; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; PHOSPHATES; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; STEROIDS; SUGARS;

EID: 84984696176     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.21518     Document Type: Review

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