Differences in the Low-Energy Collision-Activated Dissociation of Car☐ylate Anions from Structurally Similar Prostaglandins: E2, F2α, D2 and DHKF2α

Some intriguing discoveries were made concerning the collision-activated dissociation behavior of the derivatized car☐ylate anions of PGE₂ and PGF_2α. The car☐ylate anion [M-PFB]⁻ formed from electron-capture negative chemical ionization of the pentafluorobenzyl ester-trimethylsilyl derivative of PGF_2α showed little fragmentation under typical collision gas pressures and energies (<2.0 mtorr N₂ and <20 eV). In contrast, the daughter spectra of the car☐ylate anion of the methoxime-pentafluorobenzyl ester-trimethylsilyl derivative of PGE₂ produced many intense fragments under the same conditions.