川芎水蒸气蒸馏和超临界CO2提取物化学成分的GC-MS分析鉴别

用水蒸气蒸馏和超临界CO2提取方法对川芎药材中的化学成分进行提取,用气相色谱-质谱联用技术(GC-MS)对提取物进行分析,分别鉴定出30和34个化合物,测定了其相对含量。 结果表明,水蒸气蒸馏和超临界CO2提取物的主要成分均为(Z)-藁本内酯。 超临界CO2提取方法能提取出较多的川芎药效物质,如丁基酞内酯、丁烯基酞内酯、川芎内酯A、(Z)-藁本内酯、(E)-藁本内酯和川芎内酯I。 而水蒸气蒸馏提取物中除了川芎药效物质外,还含有较多的萜烯类化合物。 结果表明,超临界CO2对川芎药效物质的提取比水蒸气蒸馏法的效率高。 通过对川芎中带不饱和侧链与饱和侧链内酯类化合物质谱裂解规律的解析归纳,鉴别了川芎中不饱和侧链内酯类化合物如(Z)-藁本内酯、(E)-藁本内酯、丁烯基酞内酯和川芎内酯I以及饱和侧链内酯类化合物如丁基酞内酯和川芎内酯A。     

高效液相色谱-电喷雾飞行时间质谱分析娑罗子中皂苷类成分

采用高效液相色谱/电喷雾飞行时间质谱联用技术(HPLC/ESI-TOF/MS),研究4种七叶皂苷的分子结构与裂解规律间的关系,并对娑罗子中的七叶皂苷类化合物进行鉴定。实验采用反相C18色谱柱,以乙腈-0.2%乙酸溶液为流动相,二元线性梯度洗脱,通过与电喷雾飞行时间质谱联用获得娑罗子中各皂苷成分的精确分子量和分子式;采用质谱碰撞诱导解离技术获得各化合物碎片裂解信息,结合文献对娑罗子中的14种皂苷类化合物进行了初步鉴定。研究表明,高效液相色谱-电喷雾飞行时间质谱联用技术是娑罗子中皂苷类化合物鉴别的有效工具。     

毛细管胶束电动色谱-质谱联用法测定农田水中的氨基甲酸酯类农药的研究

基于月桂酸可以直接进入电喷雾电离源且对氨基甲酸酯类农药在电喷雾电离源的电离强度没有明显的影响,建立了以月桂酸为表面活性剂的毛细管胶束电动色谱-电喷雾质谱联用(MEKC-ESIMS)同时测定7种氨基甲酸酯农药的新方法。在以30 mmol/L月桂酸和120 mmol/L氨水(含12%乙醇(V/V),pH9.5)缓冲溶液作为电解质,30%的异丙醇(V/V)(含2.0 mmol/L的乙酸)作为鞘液的条件下,各组分分离良好;结合固相萃取(SPE),各组分检出限为0.080～0.18μg/L,对农田水样进行测定,回收率为87.2%～93.8%,相对标准偏差为2.9%～8.5%。     

高效液相色谱-质谱法分析菊芋叶中的绿原酸类化合物

建立了菊芋叶中绿原酸类化合物的高效液相色谱-紫外检测-质谱(HPLC-UV-MS)定性分析方法。液相色谱条件:Inertsil ODS-3色谱柱(250 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm);甲醇和水(含1%乙酸)梯度洗脱,流量1.0 mL/min;柱温35 ℃;检测波长327 nm。质谱条件:Thermo公司TSQ三级四极杆质谱仪;电喷雾电离(ESI)接口;负离子检出模式。采用该方法得到了菊芋叶提取物的紫外检测的色谱图、负离子监测的总离子流图以及相应色谱峰的紫外光谱图和一级、二级质谱图,对其进行解析,鉴别出菊芋叶中的7个绿原酸类成分。该方法简便、快速、灵敏度高,可以很好地对菊芋叶中的绿原酸类化合物进行定性分析。     

缩酚酸醚类化合物的电喷雾多级串联质谱研究

采用电喷雾多级质谱方法, 研究了三个从地衣中提取到的缩酚酸醚类化合物在电喷雾电离质谱中的裂解行为, 结果表明它们在电喷雾多级质谱中能得到较多碎片离子, 其裂解途径能体现它们的基本结构特征.     

羟基多环芳烃的电喷雾电离离子阱串联质谱检测

采用电喷雾电离离子阱串联质谱检测了1-/2-羟基萘、 2-羟基芴、 2-/3-/4-/9-羟基菲、 6-羟基屈和3-羟基苯并[a]芘等9种不同环数的羟基多环芳烃(OH-PAHs, 2~5环), 考察了碰撞诱导解离操作参数活化值Q和相对碰撞能量对羟基多环芳烃各单体碎片离子产率的影响. 通过优化活化值Q和相对碰撞能量, 得到了3-羟基苯并[a]芘的碎片离子, 提高了1-羟基萘、 2-羟基芴、 3-/9-羟基菲和6-羟基屈碎片离子的产率, 并发现活化值Q是电喷雾电离离子阱串联质谱检测不同环数PAHs的关键参数.     

高分辨高能量碰撞解离质谱法研究3-苯硫基吲哚衍生物裂解反应机理

采用高分辨电喷雾电离-高能量碰撞解离质谱(ESI-HCD-MS/MS)技术,结合H/D交换试验和密度泛函理论计算,对3-苯硫基吲哚衍生物质子化离子的质谱裂解反应机理进行了研究。结果表明:3-苯硫基吲哚衍生物的质子化离子在高能量碰撞解离模式下,通过苯基亲核取代重排到吲哚环的C~3位上,C-S键均裂丢失巯基自由基,产生了3-(取代苯基)-吲哚自由基阳离子;通过1,2-氢负离子迁移和C~3-S键均裂丢失苯硫自由基,则产生了吲哚自由基阳离子;通过1,4-质子迁移和C~5-S键的电荷诱导异裂,产生了3-硫代吲哚阳离子。     

质谱及色谱-质谱联用技术在多糖结构分析中的应用

综述了从1968-2010年间质谱及色谱-质谱联用分析法在多糖结构分析中的应用,包括电子轰击质谱、化学电离质谱、快原子轰击质谱、电喷雾质谱、基质辅助激光解吸离子化质谱、气相色谱-质谱、液相色谱-质谱和毛细管电泳-质谱法(引用文献42篇)。     

酰胺-亚胺醇互变诱导的分子内1,3-羟基迁移裂解反应研究

采用高分辨的电喷雾电离-高能碰撞解离质谱技术,结合同位素标记试验和密度泛函理论计算,对N-吡啶基苯甲酰胺类化合物的质子化离子裂解生成取代2-羟基吡啶阳离子的反应机理进行了研究。结果表明:在高能碰撞解离下,该类化合物的质子化离子首先酰胺基异构化为亚胺醇基,接着亚胺醇羟基经过分子内的1,3-OH~-迁移重排到吡啶环的C~2位上,最后正电荷诱导C~2-N~3键异裂,中性丢失一分子取代苯腈产生取代2-羟基吡啶阳离子。     

藁本内醋和（±）－芹菜乙素的合成研究

藁本内醋和（±）－芹菜乙素的合成研究李绍白，张少明，李裕林（兰州大学应用有机化学国家重点实验室、兰州大学有机化学研究所，兰州，７３００００）关键词藁本内酯，芹菜乙素，３Ｚ－正丁烯基苯酞藁本内酯（１）和芹菜乙素（２）都属于３－烃基苯酞类化合物。它们广泛...     

Identification and characterization of supercritical fluid extracts of Rhizoma Chuanxiong by high performance liquid chromatography ion trap mass spectrometry

The main constituents, senkyunolide A, Z-ligustilide, neocnidilide, 3-butylphthalide, and ligustilide dimers, in supercritical CO₂ fluid extracts of Rhizoma Chuanxiong, a popular Chinese traditional medicine, have been identified and characterized by high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Separations were carried out on an Agilent (ECLIPSE XDB) C18 analytical column by gradient elution with 0.25% acetic acid and methanol (containing 0.25% acetic acid). An Agilent 1100 series LC/MSD XCT system was operated under positive ESI and auto MS/MS modes for mass spectrometric analysis. Collision-induced dissociation (CID) fragmentations of these phthalides have been investigated and elucidated. Phthalides have primarily undergone two ESI CID pathways: side-chain cleavage with losses of alkenes and ring-opening with eliminations of H₂O followed by losses of CO. Direct neutral loss of CO has not been observed. Sodium adduct ions have demonstrated completely different CID pathways. __________ Translated from Journal Instrumental Analysis (in press, in Chinese)     

Mass spectrometry of hydantoin-derived selective androgen receptor modulators

N-Aryl-hydroxybicyclohydantoins represent a new class of tissue-selective anabolic agents [selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs)] and are promising therapeutics as well as drugs prohibited in amateur and professional sport. The dissociation behavior after negative and positive electrospray ionization (ESI) and subsequent collision-induced dissociation (CID) was studied with a drug candidate (BMS 564929) as well as structurally related and isotope-labeled analogs using high resolution/high accuracy orbitrap mass spectrometry. Positive ionization and CID yielded characteristic product ions resulting from the cleavage of the hydantoin structure providing information about the proline-derived nucleus as well as the substituted aryl residue at m/z 96 and 193, respectively. Negative ESI and CID (MS/MS) yielded product ions mainly representing losses of water and CO(2), the latter of which is of particular significance as the hydantoin structure does not contain a carboxyl function. Employing MS(n) experiments with accurate mass determination on six model SARMs, dissociation pathways to characteristic product ions were proposed supporting the identification of these drugs, their metabolites or related compounds in future doping control assays.     

Characterization of aconitine-type alkaloids in the flowers of Aconitum kusnezoffii by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

The fragmentation mechanism of aconitine-type alkaloids in the flowers of Aconitum kusnezoffii (FAK) was investigated using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS(n)) firstly. The analysis of the collision-induced dissociation (CID) spectra of three purified aconitine standards and six previously reported aconitines indicated that the fragmentation of the protonated aconitines at low-energy CID follows a similar pathway. The elimination of a C(8)-substituent such as an acetic acid or a fatty acid is the dominant fragmentation mode in MS2. Successive losses of CH(3)COOH, CH(3)OH, H(2)O, BzOH, and CO are the main fragmentation pathways of aconitine-type alkaloids in MS(3) spectra. Based on these features, a rapid method for the direct detection and characterization of alkaloids from an ethanolic extract of FAK is described. All the known aconitum alkaloids are detected and a series of lipo-aconitines has been found for the first time in this plant.     

Collisionally-induced dissociation of purine antiviral agents: mechanisms of ion formation using gas phase hydrogen/deuterium exchange and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

ESI and CID mass spectra were obtained for two purine nucleoside antiviral agents (acycloguanosine and vidarabine) and one purine nucleotide (vidarabine monophosphate) and the corresponding compounds in which the labile hydrogens were replaced by deuterium gas phase exchange. The number of labile hydrogens, x, was determined from a comparison of ESI spectra obtained with N(2) and with ND(3) as the nebulizer gas. CID mass spectra were obtained for [M+H](+) and [M -H](-) ions and the exchanged analogs, [M(Dx)+D](+) and [M(Dx)-D](-), produced by ESI using a Sciex API-IIIplus mass spectrometer. Compositions of product ions and mechanisms of decomposition were determined by comparison of the CID mass spectra of the undeuterated and deuterated species. Protonated purine antiviral agents dissociate through rearrangement decompositions of base-protonated [M+H](+) ions by cleavage of the glycosidic bonds to give the protonated bases with a sugar moiety as the neutral fragment. Cleavage of the same bonds with charge retention on the sugar moiety gives low abundance ions, due to the low proton affinity of the sugar moiety compared to that of purine base. CID of protonated purine bases [B+H](+) occurs through two major pathways: (1) elimination of NH(3) (ND(3)) and (2) loss of NH(2)CN (ND(2)CN). Minor pathways include elimination of HNCO (DNCO), loss of CO, and loss of HCN (DCN). Deprotonated acycloguanosine and vidarabine exhibit the deprotonated base [B-H](-) as a major fragment from glycosidic bond cleavage and charge delocalization on the base. Deprotonated vidarabine monophosphate, however, shows predominantly phosphate related product ions. CID of deprotonated guanine shows two principal pathways: (1) elimination of NH(3) (ND(3)) and (2) loss of NH(2)CN (ND(2)CN). Minor pathways include elimination of HNCO (DNCO), loss of CO, and loss of HCN (DCN). The dissociation reactions of deprotonated adenine, however, proceed by elimination of HCN and (2) elimination of NCHNH (NCHND). The mass spectra of the antiviral agents studied in this paper may be useful in predicting reaction pathways in other heteroaromatic ring decompositions of nucleosides and nucleotides.     

Investigations of taxoids by electrospray and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization with tandem mass spectrometry

The fragmentation behavior of taxoids was studied using electrospray (ESI) and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) sources with multi-stage tandem mass spectrometry. In the positive ion mode taxoids gave prominent [M+Na]+ and [M+K]+ ions with the ESI source, and [M+NH4]+ or [M+H]+ ions with the APCI source. The MS/MS fragmentations of ions produced by APCI and ESI sources were very similar. For both sources, the presence of cinnamoyl or benzoyl groups could be characterized by initial losses of 148 or 122 u, respectively, from molecular adduct ions. However, the elimination of cinnamic acid was relatively difficult for the molecular adduct ions formed by APCI, and was comparable in importance to the loss of acetic acid. The other fragments involved losses of CH2CO, CO, and H2O. The 5/7/6 type taxoids underwent characteristic losses of 58 or 118 u from ions produced by both APCI and ESI sources. The fragmentation behavior was remarkably influenced by substitution locations. The elimination of the C-10 benzoyl group was usually the first fragmentation step, while that of the C-2 benzoyl group was relatively difficult. The acetoxyl group at C-7 was more active than those at C-2, C-9, and C-10, which in turn were more active than that at C-4. These fragmentation rules could facilitate the rapid screening and structural characterization of taxoids in plant extracts by high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS).     

Collisionally-induced dissociation of substituted pyrimidine antiviral agents: Mechanisms of ion formation using gas phase hydrogen/deuterium exchange and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

ESI and CID mass spectra were obtained for four pyrimidine nucleoside antiviral agents and the corresponding compounds in which the labile hydrogens were replaced by deuterium using gas-phase exchange. The number of labile hydrogens, x, was determined from a comparison of ESI spectra obtained with N(2) and with ND(3) as the nebulizer gas. CID mass spectra were obtained for [M + H](+) and [M - H](-) ions and the exchanged analogs, [M(D(x)) + D](+) and [M(D(x)) - D](-), produced by ESI using a SCIEX API-III(plus) mass spectrometer. Protonated pyrimidine antiviral agents dissociate through rearrangement decompositions of base-protonated [M + H](+) ions by cleavage of the glycosidic bonds to give the protonated bases with a sugar moiety as the neutral fragment. Cleavage of the glycosidic bonds with charge retention on the sugar moiety eliminates the base moiety as a neutral molecule and produces characteristic sugar ions. CID of protonated pyrimidine bases, [B + H](+), occurs through three major pathways: (1) elimination of NH(3) (ND(3)), (2) loss of H(2)O (D(2)O), and (3) elimination of HNCO (DNCO). Protonated trifluoromethyl uracil, however, dissociates primarily through elimination of HF followed by the loss of HNCO. CID mass spectra of [M - H](-) ions of all four antiviral agents show NCO(-) as the principal decomposition product. A small amount of deprotonated base is also observed, but no sugar ions. Elimination of HNCO, HN(3), HF, CO, and formation of iodide ion are minor dissociation pathways from [M - H](-) ions.     

Identification and fragmentation pathways of caffeine metabolites in urine samples via liquid chromatography with positive electrospray ionization coupled to a hybrid quadrupole linear ion trap (LTQ) and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry

Liquid chromatography (LC) with positive ion electrospray ionization (ESI+) coupled to a hybrid quadrupole linear ion trap (LTQ) and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICRMS) was employed for the simultaneous determination of caffeine and its metabolites in human urine within a single chromatographic run. LC/ESI‐FTICRMS led to the unambiguous determination of the molecular masses of the studied compounds without interference from other biomolecules. A systematic and comprehensive study of the mass spectral behaviour of caffeine and its fourteen metabolites by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) was performed, through in‐source ion trap collision‐induced dissociation (CID) of the protonated molecules, [M+H]⁺. A retro‐Diels‐Alder (RDA) process along with ring‐contraction reactions were the major fragmentation pathways observed during CID. The base peak of xanthine precursors originates from the loss of methyl isocyanate (CH₃NCO, 57 Da) or isocyanic acid (HNCO, 43 Da), which in turn lose a CO unit. Also uric acid derivatives shared a RDA rearrangement as a common fragmentation process and a successive loss of CO₂ or CO. The uracil derivatives showed a loss of a ketene unit (CH₂CO, 42 Da) from the protonated molecule along with the loss of H₂O or CO. To assess the potential of the present method three established metabolite ratios to measure P450 CYP1A2, N‐acetyltransferase and xanthine oxidase activities were evaluated by a number of identified metabolites from healthy human urine samples after caffeine intake. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Mass spectral characterization of tetracyclines by electrospray ionization,H/D exchange,and multiple stage mass spectrometry

Electrospray ionization (ESI) and collisionally induced dissociation (CID) mass spectra were obtained for five tetracyclines and the corresponding compounds in which the labile hydrogens were replaced by deuterium by either gas phase or liquid phase exchange. The number of labile hydrogens, x, could easily be determined from a comparison of ESI spectra obtained with N2 and with ND3 as the nebulizer gas. CID mass spectra were obtained for [M + H]+ and [M - H]- ions and the exchanged analogs, [M(Dx) + D]+ and [M(Dx) - D]- , and produced by ESI using a Sciex API-III(plus) and a Finnigan LCQ ion trap mass spectrometer. Compositions of product ions and mechanisms of decomposition were determined by comparison of the MS(N) spectra of the un-deuterated and deuterated species. Protonated tetracyclines dissociate initially by loss of H2O (D2O) and NH3 (ND3) if there is a tertiary OH at C-6. The loss of H2O (D2O) is the lower energy process. Tetracyclines without the tertiary OH at C-6 lose only NH3 (ND3) initially. MSN experiments showed easily understandable losses of HDO, HN(CH3)2, CH3 - N=CH2, and CO from fragment ions. The major fragment ions do not come from cleavage reactions of the species protonated at the most basic site. Deprotonated tetracyclines had similar CID spectra, with less fragmentation than those observed for the protonated tetracyclines. The lowest energy decomposition paths for the deprotonated tetracyclines are the competitive loss of NH3 (ND3) or HNCO (DNCO). Product ions appear to be formed by charge remote decompositions of species de-protonated at the C-10 phenol.     

Comparison of in‐source collision‐induced dissociation and beam‐type collision‐induced dissociation of emerging synthetic drugs using a high‐resolution quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer

In‐source collision‐induced dissociation (CID) is commonly used with single‐stage high‐resolution mass spectrometers to gather both a molecular formula and structural information through the collisional activation of analytes with residual background gas in the source region of the mass spectrometer. However, unlike tandem mass spectrometry, in‐source CID does not involve an isolation step prior to collisional activation leading to a product ion spectrum composed of fragment ions from any analyte present during the activation event. This work provides the first comparison of in‐source CID and beam‐type CID spectra of emerging synthetic drugs on the same instrument to understand the fragmentation differences between the two techniques and to contribute to the scientific foundations of in‐source CID. Electrospray ionization–quadrupole time‐of‐flight (ESI‐Q‐TOF) mass spectrometry was used to generate product ion spectra from in‐source CID and beam‐type CID for a series of well‐characterized fentanyl analogs and synthetic cathinones. A comparison between the fragmentation patterns and relative ion abundances for each technique was performed over a range of fragmentor offset voltages for in‐source CID and a range of collision energies for beam‐type CID. The results indicate that large fragmentor potentials for in‐source CID tend to favor higher energy fragmentation pathways that result in both kinetically favored pathways and consecutive neutral losses, both of which produce more abundant lower mass product ions relative to beam‐type CID. Although conditions can be found in which in‐source CID and beam‐type CID provide similar overall spectra, the in‐source CID spectra tend to contain elevated noise and additional chemical background peaks relative to beam‐type CID.     

The even-electron rule in electrospray mass spectra of pesticides

A study of the fragmentation and ion formation of three major families of pesticides (including herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides) by liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC/TOF-MS) and liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC/Q-TOF-MS) was carried out using positive electrospray ionization (ESI) and the results compared with those by gas chromatography (GC)/TOF-MS with electron ionization (EI) in order to test the validity of the even-electron rule in electrospray ionization. First, the majority of the fragmentations by positive ion ESI were even electron (EE) ions (93% of the fragment ions). Secondly, the formation of odd-electron (OE) fragment ions was greater with EI, where the fragment ions were present in a ratio of approximately 1:2 (35% OE ions and 65% EE ions). Thirdly, in-source collision-induced dissociation (CID) fragmentation by LC/TOF-MS and CID fragmentation in the collision cell by LC/Q-TOF-MS/MS resulted in 95% of the fragment ions being identical between the two types of fragmentation. As ESI in the positive ion mode yields an EE precursor ion (normally a protonated molecule), this commonly leads to EE fragment ions by elimination of molecules - a process called the even-electron rule. Neutral radical losses were less common in ESI but were common in the EI spectra of the same compounds. The structures that did lead to OE ions in ESI (exceptions to the even-electron rule approximately 7% of all ESI ions) favored electronegative radical losses in approximately the following order: .SO(2)CH(3), .NO(2), .CH(3), .Cl, .SCH(3), .CH(2)CH, and .OH.