Ionisation Chimique de Composés Aromatiques Nitrés

The collision induced dissociations of [MH – 30]⁺ ions observed in the chemical ionization (methane) mass spectra of some nitro aromatic compounds show that these ions are formed by reduction in the ion source with subsequent protonation and not by the previously reported losses of NO^· from the protonated molecular ions.     

Effects of the position of internal histidine residues on the collision-induced fragmentation of triply protonated tryptic peptides

The collision-induced dissociation spectra of a series of synthetic, tryptic peptides that differed by the position of an internal histidine residue were studied. Electrospray ionization of these peptides produced both doubly and triply protonated molecular ions. Collision-induced fragmentation of the triply protonated peptide ions had better efficiency than that of the doubly protonated ions, producing a higher abundance of product ions at lower collision energies. The product ion spectra of these triply protonated ions were dominated by a series of doubly charged y-ions and the amount of sequence information was dependent on the position of the histidine residue. In the peptides where the histidine was located towards the C-terminus of the peptide, a more extensive series of sequence specific product ions was observed. As the position of the histidine residue was moved towards the N-terminus of the peptide, systematically less sequence information was observed. The peptides were subsequently modified with diethylpyrocarbonate to manipulate the product ion spectra. Addition of the ethoxyformyl group to the N-terminus and histidine residue shifted the predominant charge state of the modified peptide to the doubly protonated form. These peptide ions fragmented efficiently, producing product ion spectra that contained more sequence information than could be obtained from the corresponding unmodified peptide.     

顺,反式环丙烷衍生物异构体的区分

在化学电离条件下，研究了４种顺、反式环丙烷衍生物与丙酮和醋酸乙烯酸乙烯酯的分子离子反应。异构体１，２的丙酮ＣＩ谱及其加合离子「Ｍ＋Ｈ＋Ａ」的ＣＩＤ谱都 可以区分该对异构体。化合物２，３和４可以和质子化丙酮及质子化二聚体发生加合反应，但化合物１仅能与质子化丙酮发生加合反应。在醋酸乙烯酯的ＣＩ谱中，观察到４个化合物的质子化二聚体，其中异构体１，２的质子化二聚体的ＣＩＤ谱也能反映它们立体结构的差异。     

The Claisen rearrangement of protonated allyl phenyl ether

Molecular protonated ions of allyl phenyl ether undergo a Claisen rearrangement both in the ion source and along the flight path. The rearranged ions undergo fragmentation, the predominat loss being ethene, and only a small contribution from loss of carbon monoxide is observed. Collision-induced dissociation spectra are used to verify the structures of the daughter ions. These spectra, together with other evidence of an acid-induced ortho rearrangement, allow a mechanism to be proposed for the ethene loss. In contrast, molecular protonated ions of propargyl phenyl ether lose exclusively carbon monoxide.     

Ammonia chemical ionization mass spectra of esters and amides of oxyacids of phosphorus

Chemical ionization mass spectrometry using ammonia as the reagent gas has been carried out with esters and amides of a variety of oxyacids of phosphorus (phosphates, phosphonates, phosphites and phosphoramidates). In all cases, the protonated molecular ion is a major species in the spectrum and the percentage of the total ion current carried by these protonated molecular ions is always considerably greater than that carried by the molecular ions in the corresponding electron impact mass spectra. In the chemical ionization mass spectra only limited fragmentation of the protonated molecular ion occurs from which useful information on the structure of phosphorus derivatives may be inferred.     

Matrix effects in the fast atom bombardment protonation of carbohydrates

FAB positive mass spectra of trehalose in the presence of different matrices such as glycerol, diethanolamine (DEA) and triethanolamine (TEA) are presented and discussed. Protonated and solvated protonated trehalose ions are observed, of which the relative abundance changes with the liquid matrix used. MIKE spectra of the protonated molecular ions solvated by the matrix show unambiguously that desolvation contributes to the formation of protonated molecular ions. It is shown that the decomposition of these complexes is mainly controlled by the relative proton affinities of the analysed sample and the matrix.     

Spectrométrie de Masse d'Hétérocycles Azotés. X–Contribution à l'Etude du Comportement de ll'Ion Aniline et des Ions Aminopyridines avant Fragmentation par Perte de HCN

The study of the mass analysed ion kinetic energy spectra of deuterated derivatives of aniline, aminopyridines and 2-chloro-5-aminopyridine shows that prior to HCN loss, hydrogen scrambling does not occur for aminopyridines and is limited but noticeable for aniline. In the case of this last compound the extent of scrambling varies markedly for small variations in the energy of the ions studied, these variations being within the energy window corresponding to metastable ions. Furthermore, an examination of the mass analysed ion kinetic energy spectra of monodeuterated derivatives of aminopyridines leads to the rejection of the generally accepted mechanism for HCN loss from the molecular ions of these compounds.     

Structural characterization by infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy of protonated gas-phase ions obtained by electrospray ionization of cysteine and dopamine

Structural characterization of protonated gas-phase ions of cysteine and dopamine by infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy using a free electron laser in combination with theory based on DFT calculations reveals the presence of two types of protonated dimer ions in the electrospray mass spectra of the metabolites. In addition to the proton-bound dimer of each species, the covalently bound dimer of cysteine (bound by a disulfide linkage) has been identified. The dimer ion of m/z 241 observed in the electrospray mass spectra of cysteine has been identified as protonated cystine by comparison of the experimental IRMPD spectrum to the IR absorption spectra predicted by theory and the IRMPD spectrum of a standard. Formation of the protonated covalently bound disulfide-linked dimer ions (i.e. protonated cystine) from electrospray of cysteine solution is consistent with the redox properties of cysteine. Both the IRMPD spectra and theory indicate that in protonated cystine the covalent disulfide bond is retained and the proton is involved in intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the amine groups of the two cysteine amino acid units. For cysteine, the protonated covalently bound dimer (m/z 241) dominated the mass spectrum relative to the proton-bound dimer (m/z 243), but this was not the case for dopamine, where the protonated monomer and the proton-bound dimer were both observed as major ions. An extended conformation of the ethylammonium side chain of gas-phase protonated dopamine monomer was verified from the correlation between the predicted IR absorption spectra and the experimental IRMPD spectrum. Dopamine has the same extended ethylamine side chain conformation in the proton-bound dopamine dimer identified in the mass spectra of electrosprayed dopamine. The structure of the proton-bound dimer of dopamine is confirmed by calculations and the presence of an IR band due to the shared proton. The presence of the shared proton in the protonated cystine ion can be inferred from the IRMPD spectrum.

Development of a tandem time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer with an electrospray ionization ion source

A new tandem time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer with an electrospray ionization ion source ‘ESI‐TOF/quadTOF’ was designed and constructed to achieve the desired aim of structural elucidation via high‐energy collision‐induced dissociation (CID), and the simultaneous detection of all fragment ions. The instrument consists of an orthogonal acceleration‐type ESI ion source, a linear TOF mass spectrometer, a collision cell, a quadratic‐field ion mirror and a microchannel plate detector. High‐energy CID spectra of doubly protonated angiotensin II and bradykinin were obtained. Several fragment ions such as a‐, d‐, v‐ and w‐type ions, characteristic of high‐energy CID, were clearly observed in these spectra. These high‐energy CID fragment ions enabled confirmation of the complete sequence, including leucine–isoleucine determinations. It was demonstrated that high‐energy CID of multiply protonated peptides could be achieved in the ESI‐TOF/quadTOF. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Etude de la fragmentation par impact électronique en ions positifs et négatifs de dérivés nitrés de l'amino-2-benzothiazole

Study of Positive and Negative Ions Electron Impact Fragmentation of 2-Amino-benzothiazole Nitro Derivatives The positive and negative ions mass spectra of 2-amino-4,6-dinitrobenzothiazole ( 1 ), 2-amino-4-nitrobenzothiazole ( 2 ), 2-amino-6-nitrobenzothiazole ( 3 ) are reported and discussed. These compounds give an intense molecular ion and show interesting fragmentations in both positive and negative ions spectra. Specific ¹⁵N-labelling was used in order to confirm the fragmentation patterns.     

Diagnostic NH and OH Vibrations for Oxazolone and Diketopiperazine Structures: b<Subscript>2</Subscript> from Protonated Triglycine

We present infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectra in the hydrogen stretching region of the simplest b fragment, b₂ from protonated triglycine, contrasted to that of protonated cyclo(Gly-Gly). Both spectra confirm the presence of intense, diagnostic vibrations linked to the site of proton attachment. Protonated cyclo(Gly-Gly) serves as a reference spectrum for the diketopiperazine structure, showing a diagnostic O-H⁺ stretch of the protonated carbonyl group at 3585 cm^–1. Conversely, b₂ from protonated triglycine exhibits a strong band at 3345 cm^–1, associated with the N-H stretching mode of the protonated oxazolone ring structure. Other weaker N-H stretches can also be discerned, such as the amino NH₂ and amide NH bands. These results demonstrate the usefulness of the hydrogen stretching region, and hence benchtop optical parametric oscillator/amplifier (OPO/A) set-ups, in making structural assignments of product ions in collision-induced dissociation (CID) of peptides.     

Structural characterization of isomeric triazolocoumarins by high- and low-energy collision spectrometry of M+˙, [M + H]+ and [M − H]− species

Two monometayl- and four dimethyl-triazolocoumarin isomers were characterized by their electron impact mass spectra and by low-energy collision experiments performed on molecular ions M⁺˙ and other fragment ions with an ion-trap mass spectrometer. High-energy collision-activated dissociation measurements were performed on the protonated [M + H]⁺ and deprotonated [M ? H]^? molecular ion obtained by fast atom bombardment and M⁺˙ species produced by electron impact ionization on a double-focusing, reverse-geometry instrument. The data obtained allowed unequivocal structural identification of all the compounds investigated.     

Does double electron capture lead to the formation of biradicals? An ECD-SORI-CID study on lacticin 481

We studied lacticin 481, a small lantibiotic with three lanthionine bridges, by electron capture dissociation (ECD) in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometer. Following electron capture, very little fragmentation was observed, but species formed by nondissociative single and multiple electron capture were abundant. Ions formed by double electron capture were subjected to sustained off resonance irradiation collision induced dissociation (SORI-CID) to determine whether stable biradicals were formed. In the SORI-CID spectra of the ions formed by double electron capture, some, but minor, H* radical loss was observed, which was not observed at all for regularly protonated ions. A small part of the ions formed by double electron capture are thus long-lived biradicals. Apart from the observed H* loss, the SORI-CID spectra of ions that captured two electrons was similar to that of regularly protonated ions and quite different from the SORI-CID spectra of radical ions formed by single electron capture. This implies that recombination of the two radical sites is the dominant process in biradical lacticin 481 ions, at least on the time scale of our SORI-CID experiments.     

Spectrométrie de Masse d'Hétérocycles Azotés. VII—Phenyl-1 Triazole-1,2,3

Comparison of the ‘normal’ and mass analysed ion kinetic energy spectra of 1-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole and a few D and ¹³C labelled derivatives indicates that the ions may follow two competing decomposition pathways: a simple rupture without rearrangement is preferred by the ions of high internal energy content (normal spectrum). On the other hand, for low internal energy metastable ions, loss of HCN is more important and occurs after a complete randomization of the H atoms.     

Spectrographie de Masse de Diazastéroïdes Possédant le Motif Tétrahydroisoquinoléique

We have determined the characteristic fragmentations in a series of 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline and of 8,13 diazaestrones, with the aid of metastable ions, ‘simili’ mass analysed ion kinetic energy spectra (E/V² constant) and some deuterated compounds. In the diazasteroidal series, we could distinguish three essential types of fragmentation, as well as preferential abstraction of the hydrogen situated on the 14-carbon.     

Flavonoid–matrix cluster ions in MALDI mass spectrometry

The behaviour of 2,5‐dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,5‐DHB) matrix under matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionisation (MALDI) conditions was investigated, and the formation of 2,5‐DHB cluster ions, mainly dehydrated 2,5‐DHB ions, is reported. Interestingly, in the mass spectra of this compound, besides dimers and trimers, protonated tetramers, pentamers, hexamers and heptamers were also found with significant abundance. The MALDI behaviour of four flavonoids, quercetin, myricetin, luteolin and kaempferol, using 2,5‐DHB as matrix, was also investigated. The mass spectra of the flavonoids studied revealed a number of flavonoid–2,5‐DHB cluster ions (mainly with the dehydrated 2,5‐DHB). The number of clusters formed is dependent on the structure of the analyte. For luteolin and kaempferol, in particular, evidence was found for the formation of cluster ions involving retro Diels Alder fragments and intact flavonoids molecules, as well as the corresponding protonated retro Diels Alder fragments with dehydrated DHB molecules. All ion compositions were attributed taking into account high accuracy mass measurements and tandem mass spectrometry experiments. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Hybrid tandem mass spectrometry of electrospray-produced peptide ions

The collision-induced decomposition spectra of electrospray-produced molecule ions were investigated on a hybrid tandem mass spectrometer. The molecular mass of the peptides investigated ranged from m/z 409 (as the singly protonated molcule ion) to 1758 (as the singly, doubly and triply protonated molecules). The effect of changing the center-of-mass collision energy by changing either the laboratory collision energy or the mass of the target gas was investigated. The spectra of all ions investigated showed a large number of sequence ions representative of the peptides' structures.     

Sels d'aziridinium stables C-fonctionnalisés III: Synthèse et caractérisation d'aziridines protonées épimères à l'azote

Aziridinium ions were prepared from aziridines bearing a functionality on a ring carbon and as isolated crystalline fluorosulfate salts either by protonation in fluorosulfuric acid solution or by alkylation with methyl fluorosulfate. The structural assignement of these ions is based on nmr spectra and on quenching experiments with sodium carbonate. The configurations of the epimeric ions have been assigned by the nuclear Qverhauser effect and the stereoselectivity in protonation is disucussed.     

In-Electrospray source Hydrogen/Deuterium exchange coupled to multistage fragmentation for the investigation of the protonation and fragmentation pathways of gas phase ions

Identification of molecules in complex natural matrices relies on matching the fragmentation spectra of ions under investigation and the spectra acquired for the corresponding analytical standards. Currently, there are many databases of experimentally measured tandem mass spectrometry spectra (such as NIST, MzCloud, and Metlin), and considerable progress has been made in the development of software for predicting tandem mass spectrometry fragments in silico using combinatorial, machine learning, and quantum chemistry approaches (such as MetFrag, CFM-ID, and QCxMS). However, the electrospray ionization molecules can be ionized at different sites (protonated or deprotonated), and the fragmentation spectra of such ions are different. Here, we are using the combination of the in-ESI source hydrogen/deuterium exchange reaction and MSⁿ fragmentation for the investigation of the fragmentation pathways for different protomers of organic molecules. It is shown that the distribution of the deuterium in the fragment ions reflects the presence of different protomers. For several molecules, the distribution of deuterium was traced up to the MS⁵ level of fragmentation revealing many unusual and unexpected effects. For example, we investigated the loss of HF from the ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin ions and observed that for ions protonated at –COOH group, the eliminating hydrogen always comes from –NH group. When ions are protonated at another site, the elimination of hydrogen with a probability of 30% occurs from the –NH group, and with a probability of 70%, it originates from other sites on the molecule. Such effects were not described previously. Quantum chemical simulation was used for the verification of the protonated structures and simulation of the corresponding fragmentation spectra.     

A mechanistic study of the electron capture dissociation of oligonucleotides

Electron capture dissociation (ECD) of a series of custom-synthesized oligonucleotide pentamers was performed in a Fourier-transform mass spectrometer with a conventional filament-type electron gun. Dissociation of oligonucleotide ions by electron capture generates primarily w/d-type and z/a-type ions with and without the loss of a nucleobase fragment ions. Minor yields of radical [z/a + H]. fragment ions were also observed in many cases. It is interesting to note that some nucleoside-like fragment ions and protonated nucleobase ions (except thymine-related nucleobases and nucleoside-like fragments) were observed in most ECD spectra. The formation of these low-mass fragment ions was tentatively attributed to the secondary fragmentation of the radical [z + H]. fragment ions. From the ECD tandem mass spectra of a series of C/T based binary oligonucleotide ions, including d(CTCTC), d(CTTTC), d(TCCCT), d(CCCCT), and d(TCCCC), it was clearly demonstrated that the formation of many sequence ions was sensitive to the position of cytosine (or the position of charge carrier). The findings of this work support a notion that the ECD of protonated oligonucleotide molecules is charge-directed with the electron being captured by the protonated nucleobase.