Volume 25, Issue 8 pp. 1139-1144
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Detection of Radical Adducts with Small Molecular Weights by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization with Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry

Yao-Wei Tian

Yao-Wei Tian

Shanghai Mass Spectrometry Center, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, China National Tobacco Corporation, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China

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Shi-Hao Sun

Shi-Hao Sun

Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, China National Tobacco Corporation, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China

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Jian-Ping XieYong-Li Zong

Yong-Li Zong

Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, China National Tobacco Corporation, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China

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Cong Nie

Cong Nie

Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute, China National Tobacco Corporation, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China

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Yin-Long Guo

Yin-Long Guo

Shanghai Mass Spectrometry Center, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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First published: 15 August 2007
Citations: 4

Abstract

As an alternative method, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization with Fourier transform mass spectrometry (MALDI-FTMS) has been successfully used to detect and identify free radical adducts with small molecular weights of hydroxyl and 2-cyano-2-propyl radicals trapped with 5,5-dimethylpyrroline N-oxide (DMPO). The detection and identification by MS/MS experiments using sustained offresonance irradiation collision-induced dissociation (SORI-CID) of [(DMPO+·OH–·H)+H+] (m/z 130.0868) and [DMPO+2 ·CH(CH3)2CN+H+] (m/z 250.1917) have demonstrated that MALDI-FTMS could be an effective method for detection and identification of free radical adducts. Other radical adducts have been also detected and identified. The approach of MALDI-FTMS is simple, fast, and sensitive which has potential for high-throughput analysis.

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