Rotational distribution of H2+ ions produced by 90 eV electron impact

The rotational temperature for the vibrational levels v = 7 to 11 of H₂⁺ ions formed by 90 eV electron impact on H₂ is determined. This is achieved by photodissociating the ions in a fast beam, combined with translational spectroscopy using a time- and position-sensitive detector. The temperatures were found to decrease from 127 K for v = 7 to 110 K for v = 11. A model that conserves the angular momentum N during the ionization process can explain these results. The inclusion of the N-dependence of the photodissociation cross section is compulsary to obtain accurate temperatures. This is demonstrated in a separate experiment, in which we looked at the minimum near 575 nm of the photodissociation cross section for H₂⁺ ions in v = 9 and different N. Due to the rotational stretching of the molecule, this minimum shifts to a larger wavelength for increasing N, in accordance with our experimental findings.     

Fragmentation pathways of selectively labeled uropranolol using electrospray ionization on an ion trap mass spectrometer and comparison with ions formed by electron impact

Propranolol, deuterium- and 18O-labeled propranolol and related compounds were analyzed using an ion trap mass spectrometer equipped with a modified Finnigan API electrospray interface. Sequential product ion (MSn) experiments were used to elucidate fragmentation pathways for these compounds. The observed ions were compared to those observed under electron impact (EI) conditions. The electrospray ionization (ESI) ion trap spectra, as well as the EI spectra, afford useful information to allow assignments of most product ions, many of which retain portions of the aliphatic three-carbon side chain.     

Bond dissociation energies and radical stabilization energies: an assessment of contemporary theoretical procedures

Various contemporary theoretical procedures have been tested for their accuracy in predicting the bond dissociation energies (BDEs) and the radical stabilization energies (RSEs) for a test set of 22 monosubstituted methyl radicals. The procedures considered include the high-level W1, W1', CBS-QB3, ROCBS-QB3, G3(MP2)-RAD, and G3X(MP2)-RAD methods, unrestricted and restricted versions of the double-hybrid density functional theory (DFT) procedures B2-PLYP and MPW2-PLYP, and unrestricted and restricted versions of the hybrid DFT procedures BMK and MPWB1K, as well as the unrestricted DFT procedures UM05 and UM05-2X. The high-level composite procedures show very good agreement with experiment and are used to evaluate the performance of the comparatively less expensive DFT procedures. RMPWB1K and both RBMK and UBMK give very promising results for absolute BDEs, while additionally restricted and unrestricted X2-PLYP methods and UM05-2X give excellent RSE values. UM05, UB2-PLYP, UMPW2-PLYP, UM05-2X, and UMPWB1K are among the less well performing methods for BDEs, while UMPWB1K and UM05 perform less well for RSEs. The high-level theoretical results are used to recommend alternative experimental BDEs for propyne, acetaldehyde, and acetic acid.     

Differentiation of diastereoisomeric terpenoid alcohols by electron impact and negative ion chemical ionization associated with collision-induced dissociation. A fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance study

Electron impact ionization-collision-induced dissociation (EI-CID) and negative ion chemical ionization-collision-induced dissociation (NICI-CID) experiments have been performed on the molecular or quasi-molecular ions (M^+· or [M - H]^?) of series of terpenoid alcohols, using a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance spectrometer. These terpenes belong to the p-menthane family and bear a hydroxyl group in various positions relative to the isopropyl or isopropenyl substituent (positional or stereochemical isomers). In the case of positional isomers, different CID spectra were always obtained. Within a given diastereoisomeric series, stereochemical differences were also observed in both NICI-CID and EI-CID experiments.     

Generation of multiple charged ions: Photoemission electron impact ionization

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Metastable ion studies. IX—Thermochemistry and ion structures among fragmentating ions,an electron impact and field ionization investigation

Metastable peak shapes, dimensions and relative abundances have been measured for the fragmentations ions were generated from but 1-ene, cis-and trans- but-2-ene, 2-methylpropene, methylcyclopropane and cyclobutane. Forward and reverse activation energies for the above reactions have been estimated and daughter ion structures proposed. The pathway for the consecutive reaction which generates the metastable peak (m/e 56 → m/e 53) is proposed to be Observations on metastable peaks for fourteen assorted daughter ion fragmentations are also presented and the thermochemistry and daughter ion structures for some of the reactions are discussed. Metastable peaks for the fragmentation of ions generated by field ionization are also described.     

Differences in the keto–enol equilibrium of [M + H]+ ions of bupropion formed by electron impact and fast atom bombardment ionization

The fragmentation of the protonated molecular ion of bupropion produced by collisionally induced decomposition is shown to depend on the ionization method used to form the [M + H]⁺ ion. The daughter ion products do not depend on the energy of decomposition, i.e. high- or low-energy collisions, but on the ratio of the keto-enol equilibrium as influenced by the ionization process.     

A comparison of electron ionization mass spectra obtained at 70 eV,low electron energies,and with cold EI and their NIST library identification probabilities

Electron ionization (EI) mass spectra of 46 compounds from several different compound classes were measured. Their molecular ion abundances were compared as obtained with 70‐eV EI, with low eV EI (such as 14 eV), and with EI mass spectra of vibrationally cold molecules in supersonic molecular beams (Cold EI). We further compared these mass spectra in their National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) library identification probabilities. We found that

1. Low eV EI is not a soft ionization method, and it has little or no influence on the molecular ion relative abundances for large molecules and those with weak or no molecular ions.
2. Low eV EI for compounds with abundant or dominant molecular ions in their 70 eV mass spectra results in the reduction of low mass fragment ions abundances thereby reducing their NIST library identification probabilities thus rarely justifies its use in real‐world applications.
3. Cold EI significantly enhances the relative abundance of the molecular ions particularly for large compounds; yet, it retains the low mass fragment ions; hence, Cold EI mass spectra can be effectively identified by the NIST library.
4. Different standard EI ion sources provide different 70 eV EI mass spectra. Among the Agilent technologies ion sources, the “Extractor” exhibits relatively abundant molecular ions compared with the “Inert” ion source, while the “High efficiency source” (HES) provides mass spectra with depleted molecular ions compared with the “Inert” ion source or NIST library mass spectra.

These conclusions are demonstrated and supported by experimental data in nine figures and two tables.     

Theoretical prediction of proton and electron affinities,gas phase basicities,and ionization energies of sulfinamides

Structural Chemistry - Sulfinamides, as an asymmetric synthesizer, especially in drug synthesis, play critical roles in organic chemistry. In this study, the gas phase ion energetics data including...     

Dissociative ionization of O2 and N2 by electron impact — N+ and O+ kinetic energies and angular distributions

An apparatus containing cross molecular and pulsed electron beams has been used to obtain distributions in kinetic energy and angle of fast (? 0.5 eV) positive ions produced through dissociative ionization of N₂ and O₂ by impact of 50 to 2000 eV electrons. Four main O⁺ ion groups are observed with peak energies of 0.8, 2.0, 3.0, and 5.0 eV. Two main N⁺ groups peaking at 2.0 and 3.0 eV are seen. Angular distributions of both N⁺ and O⁺ ions are essentially isotropic for electron-beam-ion detection angles from 30° to 110°.     

Bond dissociation energies and equilibrium structures of Cu+(MeOH)x, x = 1-6, in the gas phase: competition between solvation of the metal ion and hydrogen-bonding interactions

The solvation of Cu+ by methanol (MeOH) was studied via examination of the kinetic energy dependence of the collision-induced dissociation of Cu+(MeOH)x complexes, where x = 1-6, with Xe in a guided ion beam tandem mass spectrometer. In all cases, the primary and lowest-energy dissociation channel observed is the endothermic loss of a single MeOH molecule. The primary cross section thresholds are interpreted to yield 0 and 298 K bond dissociation energies (BDEs) after accounting for the effects of multiple ion-neutral collisions, kinetic and internal energy distributions of the reactants, and lifetimes for dissociation. Density functional theory calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G* level are performed to obtain model structures, vibrational frequencies, and rotational constants for the Cu+(MeOH)x complexes and their dissociation products. The relative stabilities of various conformations and theoretical BDEs are determined from single-point energy calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,2p) level of theory using B3LYP/6-31G*-optimized geometries. The relative stabilities of the various conformations of the Cu+(MeOH)x complexes and the trends in the sequential BDEs are explained in terms of stabilization gained from sd hybridization, hydrogen-bonding interactions, electron donor-acceptor natural bond orbital stabilizing interactions, and destabilization arising from ligand-ligand repulsion.     

Bile salt aggregates in the gas phase: an electrospray ionization mass spectrometric study

Helical and ordered structures have previously been identified by X-ray diffraction analysis in crystals and fibers of bile salts, and proposed as models of the micellar aggregates formed by trimeric or dimeric units of dihydroxy and trihydroxy salts, respectively. These models were supported by the results of studies of micellar bile salt solutions performed with different experimental techniques. The study has now been extended to the gas phase by utilizing electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS) to investigate the formation and the composition of aggregates stabilized by noncovalent interactions, including polar (ion-ion, ion-dipole, dipole-dipole, hydrogen bonding etc.) and apolar (van der Waals and repulsive) interactions. The positive and negative ESIMS spectra of sodium glycodeoxycholate (NaGDC), taurodeoxycholate (NaTDC), glycocholate (NaGC), and taurocholate (NaTC) aqueous solutions, recorded under different experimental conditions, show in the first place that aggregates analogous to those present in micellar solutions do also exist in the gas phase. Furthermore, consistently with the condensed-phase model, the positive-ion spectra show that the trimers are the most stable oligomers among the aggregates of dihydroxy salts (NaGDC and NaTDC) whilst the dimers are the most stable among the aggregates of trihydroxy salts (NaGC and NaTC). Moreover, the binding energy of the constituent glycocholate salt units in most gaseous oligomers exceeds that of the corresponding taurocholate units. The ESIMS evidence has been confirmed by vapor-pressure measurements performed on NaGC and NaTC crystals and NaGDC and NaTDC fibers, the results of which show that the evaporation enthalpy of glycocholate exceeds that of taurocholate by some 50 kJ mol(-1).     

Behaviour of salts of very strong proton-sponge bases in the gas phase: Extended proximity effects and maintenance of the hydrogen bridge under soft ionization. An electron impact and liquid secondary ion mass spectrometric/collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometric study

The liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry and electron impact ionization fragmentation pathways of 1,9-bis(dimethylamino)-2,8-dimethoxy-dibenzofuran (1), a new proton-sponge base with increased steric compression (buttressing) and much higher basicity (pK_a = 14.3), and of its monoprotonated (2) and monodeuterated (3) salts were invetigated in a collision-induced dissociation (CID) tandem mass spectrometric study supported by unimolecular linked scans at constant B/E, CID mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra and accurate mass measurements. They show an ‘extended’ proximity effect, involving the stepwise participation of all the four functional groups, in addition to the ‘normal’ proximity effect involving loss of Me₂NH and H˙. The behaviour of 1 appears to differ in some ways from that of its protonated (2) or deuterated (3) salts. The unprecedented observation of the maintenance of the hydrogen (or deuterium) bridge under soft ionization in the salts of very strong proton-sponge bases, which show buttressing effects in solution, is strong experimental support for the conservation of these buttressing effects in the gas phase, where the protonated (or deuterated) cations of salts such as 2 (or 3) are very stable, H⁺ (or D⁺) being completely ‘sequestered.’     

Unimolecular dissociations of C70+ and its noble gas endohedral cations Ne@C70+ and Ar@C70+: cage-binding energies for C2 loss

The energetics and dynamics of unimolecular decompositions of C70+ and its noble gas endohedral cations, Ne@C70+ and Ar@C70+, have been studied using tandem mass spectrometry techniques. The high-resolution mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy (HR-MIKE) spectra for the unimolecular reactions of C70+, Ne@CC70+, and Ar@C70+ were recorded by scanning the electrostatic analyzer and using single-ion counting that was achieved by combination of an electron multiplier, amplifier/discriminator, and multichannel analyzer. These cations dissociate unimolecularly via loss of a C2 unit, and no endohedral atom is observed as fragment. The activation energies for C2 evaporation from Ne@C70+ and Ar@C70+ are lower than those for elimination of the endohedral noble gas atoms. The kinetic energy release distributions (KERDs) for the C2 evaporation have been measured and, by use of the finite heat bath theory (FHBT), the binding energies for the C2 emission have been deduced from the KERDs. The C2 evaporation energies increase in the order DeltaEvap(C70+) < DeltaEvap(Ne@C70+) < DeltaEvap(Ar@C70+), but no big difference in the cage binding was observed for C70+, Ne@C70+, and Ar@C70+, indicating incorporations of the Ne and Ar atoms into C70 contribute a little to the stability of C70 toward C2 loss, which is in good agreement with theoretical calculations but contrasts with the findings in their C60 analogues and in metallofullerenes that the decay energies of the filled fullerenes are much higher than those of the corresponding empty cages.     

Structural determination of zinc dithiophosphates in lubricating oils by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with electron impact and electron-capture negative ion chemical ionization

Pentafluorobenzyl ester derivatives were used to identify zinc dialkyldithiophosphates and diaryldithiophosphates antiwear engine oil additives by GC-electron impact ionization (EI) MS and GC-electron-capture negative ion chemical ionization (ECNCI) MS analysis. GC-EI-MS of the dialkyldithiophosphate-pentafluorobenzyl derivatives afforded characteristic fragment ions corresponding to the cleavage of one and two alkyl radicals. In most cases, information was only obtained on one alkyl chain. Additional and complete information was obtained with retention time indices using synthetic derivatives and with GC-ECNCI-MS analysis. ECNCI afforded characteristic dithiophosphate anions which allowed the determination of the total number of carbon atoms in the alkyl radicals. The diastereoisomer mixtures of 2-hydroxy-sec.-alkyl radicals were completely separated on GC analysis.     

The molecular structure of tetramethoxymethane in the gas phase: an electron diffraction study

The electron diffraction study of tetramethoxymethane showed that in the gas phase the molecule has S₄ symmetry, flattened along the S₄ axis. Central and peripheral C-O bond lengths are different, consistent with considerations based on the anomeric effect. Comparison is made with ab initio calculations on methanediol. The geometrical parameters (r_g(1) structure) are: central C-O bond 1.395 Å; peripheral C-O bond 1.422 Å; C-H bond 1.11 Å; O-C-O angle bisected by the S₄. axis 114.7°; C-O-C angle 114.0°; O-C-H angle 111.9°; methoxy torsional angle 63.1°; methyl torsional angle 48.5°.     

Cross sections and ion kinetic energy analysis for the electron impact ionization of acetylene

Using a Nier-type electron impact ion source in combination with a double focusing two sector field mass spectrometer, partial cross sections for electron impact ionization of acetylene are measured for electron energies up to 1000 eV. Discrimination factors for ions are determined using the deflection field method in combination with a three-dimensional ion trajectory simulation of ions produced in the ion source. Analysis of the ion yield curves obtained by scanning the deflectors allows the assignment of ions with the same mass-to-charge ratio to specific production channels on the basis of their different kinetic energy distributions. This analysis also allows to determine, besides kinetic energy distributions of fragment ions, partial cross sections differential in kinetic energy. Moreover a charge separation reaction, the Coulomb explosion of the doubly charged parent ions C2H2++ into the fragment ions C2H+ and H+, is investigated and its mean kinetic energy release (KER=3.88 eV) is deduced.     

Collision induced dissociation of protonated N-nitrosodimethylamine by ion trap mass spectrometry: Ultimate carcinogens in gas phase

Collision induced dissociation of protonated N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and isotopically labeled N-nitrosodimethyl-d6-amine (NDMA-d6) was investigated by sequential ion trap mass spectrometry to establish mechanisms of gas phase reactions leading to intriguing products of this potent carcinogen. The fragmentation of (NDMA + H⁺) occurs via two dissociation pathways. In the alkylation pathway, homolytic cleavage of the N–O bond of N-dimethyl, N′-hydroxydiazenium ion generates N-dimethyldiazenium distonic ion which reacts further by a CH₃ radical loss to form methanediazonium ion. Both methanediazonium ion and its precursor are involved in ion/molecule reactions. Methanediazonium ion showed to be capable of methylating water and methanol molecules in the gas phase of the ion trap and N-dimethyldiazenium distonic ion showed to abstract a hydrogen atom from a solvent molecule. In the denitrosation pathway, a tautomerization of N-dimethyl, N′-hydroxydiazenium ion to N-nitrosodimethylammonium intermediate ion results in radical cleavage of the N–N bond of the intermediate ion to form N-dimethylaminium radical cation which reacts further through α-cleavage to generate N-methylmethylenimmonium ion. Although the reactions of NDMA in the gas phase are different to those for enzymatic conversion of NDMA in biological systems, each activation method generates the same products. We will show that collision induced dissociation of N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) and N-nitrosodipropylamine (NDPA) is also a feasible approach to gain information on formation, stability, and reactivity of alkylating agents originating from NDEA and NDPA. Investigating such biologically relevant, but highly reactive intermediates in the condensed phase is hampered by the short life-times of these transient species.