Importance of gas-phase proton affinities in determining the electrospray ionization response for analytes and solvents |
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Authors: | Amad M H Cech N B Jackson G S Enke C G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131-1096, USA. |
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Abstract: | The effect of gas-phase proton transfer reactions on the mass spectral response of solvents and analytes with known gas-phase proton affinities was evaluated. Methanol, ethanol, propanol and water mixtures were employed to probe the effect of gas-phase proton transfer reactions on the abundance of protonated solvent ions. Ion-molecule reactions were carried out either in an atmospheric pressure electrospray ionization source or in the central quadrupole of a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer. The introduction of solvent vapor with higher gas-phase proton affinity than the solvent being electrosprayed caused protons to transfer to the gas-phase solvent molecules. In mixed solvents, protonated solvent clusters of the solvent with higher gas-phase proton affinity dominated the resulting mass spectra. The effect of solvent gas-phase proton affinity on analyte response was also investigated, and the analyte response was suppressed or eliminated in solvents with gas-phase proton affinities higher than that of the analyte. |
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