ISSN:
0030-493X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Control of the degree of collisional excitation of an ion can be achieved by varying the collision energy or the number of collisions. The former experiment yields a series of daughter spectra which is analogous to a breakdown curve and which serves to characterize the ion undergoing collisionally activated dissociation (CAD). Recognition of differences in the spectra between isomeric ions is facilitated if the curves obtained from the energy-resolved data are considered in pairs and their differences are plotted. This procedure serves to demonstrate that ionized 1,3- and 1,4-pentadiene are structurally distinct, even though they are not distinguishable in conventional CAD. 2-Pentyne and 3-octyne give [C5H8]+· fragment ions which are closely related to the 1,3- and 1,4-pentadiene structures, respectively. Any particular ion can be characterized by another form of difference spectrum: one comparing data at two collision pressures each taken over a range of collision energies. This procedure yields conclusions regarding ion structure which match those reached from the energy-resolved experiments.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oms.1210201206
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