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Gas-Phase versus Liquid-Phase Structures by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry†

  1. Zhixin Tian1,2,
  2. Steven R. Kass Prof.1

Article first published online: 7 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200805392

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 48, Issue 7, pages 1321–1323, February 2, 2009

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Tian, Z. and Kass, Steven R. (2009), Gas-Phase versus Liquid-Phase Structures by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 1321–1323. doi: 10.1002/anie.200805392

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (USA), Fax: (+1) 612-626-7541

  2. 2

    Current address: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P. O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352 (USA)

  1. †

    We are grateful to the National Science Foundation and the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Advanced Computational Research for support of this research.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 7 JAN 2009
  3. Manuscript Received: 4 NOV 2008

Funded by

  • National Science Foundation
  • Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Advanced Computational Research

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Keywords:

  • aminobenzoic acid;
  • electrospray ionization;
  • Fourier transform mass spectrometry;
  • isomeric structures

Abstract

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Preferred protonation: Does electrospray ionization mass spectrometry produce gas-phase or liquid-phase structures? The preferred protonation site in p-aminobenzoic acid depends upon the medium, and the structure of its conjugate acid varies with the solvent used during spraying.

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