Oxidative Ionization Under Certain Negative-Ion Mass Spectrometric Conditions |
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Authors: | Isra Hassan Julius Pavlov Ramu Errabelli Athula B. Attygalle |
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Affiliation: | 1.Center for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Biomedical Engineering,Stevens Institute of Technology,Hoboken,USA |
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Abstract: | 1,4-Hydroquinone and several other phenolic compounds generate (M – 2) –? radical-anions, rather than deprotonated molecules, under certain negative-ion mass spectrometric conditions. In fact, spectra generated under helium-plasma ionization (HePI) conditions from 1,4-hydroquinone and 1,4-benzoquinone (by electron capture) were practically indistinguishable. Because this process involves a net loss of H? and H+, it can be termed oxidative ionization. The superoxide radical-anion (O2 –?), known to be present in many atmospheric-pressure plasma ion sources operated in the negative mode, plays a critical role in the oxidative ionization process. The presence of a small peak at m/z 142 in the spectrum of 1,4-hydroquinone, but not in that of 1,4-benzoquinone, indicated that the initial step in the oxidative ionization process is the formation of an O2 –? adduct. On the other hand, under bona fide electrospray ionization (ESI) conditions, 1,4-hydroquinone generates predominantly an (M – 1) – ion. It is known that at sufficiently high capillary voltages, corona discharges begin to occur even in an ESI source. At lower ESI capillary voltages, deprotonation predominates; as the capillary voltage is raised, the abundance of O2 –? present in the plasma increases, and the source in turn increasingly behaves as a composite ESI/APCI source. While maintaining post-ionization ion activation to a minimum (to prevent fragmentation), and monitoring the relative intensities of the m/z 109 (due to deprotonation) and 108 (oxidative ionization) peaks recorded from 1,4-hydroquinone, a semiquantitative estimation of the APCI contribution to the overall ion-generation process can be obtained. |
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