Structural characterization of 5,6-dichlorotetradecanoic acid, an isolated metabolite of 9,10-dichlorooctadecanoic acid, by studying picolinyl esters, pyrrolidides and methyl esters with electron ionization mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Akesson-Nilsson Gunilla Wesén Clas |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden. gunilla.akesson-nilsson@hik.se |
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Abstract: | A method is presented for identification of positional isomers of dichlorinated fatty acids, based on derivatization to picolinyl esters prior to gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis in the electron ionization mode. The mass spectra of the picolinyl esters showed structure-specific fragmentation patterns. By using the picolinyl ester, 5,6-dichlorotetradecanoic acid was identified as a metabolite from a cell-culture medium obtained by culturing human cell lines in media supplemented with threo-9,10-dichlorooctadecanoic acid. This indicates that dichlorinated fatty acids are degraded by beta-oxidation. It is also possible to locate tentatively the position of chlorine atoms in 5,6-dichlorotetradecanoic acid as its methyl ester or pyrrolidide. |
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Keywords: | chlorinated fatty acids chlorine position electron ionization mass spectrometry lipids metabolism |
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