Characterization of oligomeric compounds in secondary organic aerosol using liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.

نویسندگان

  • Lars Müller
  • Marc-Christopher Reinnig
  • Heiko Hayen
  • Thorsten Hoffmann
چکیده

The components of secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) generated from the gas-phase ozonolysis of two C(10)H(16)-terpenes (alpha-pinene; sabinene) and a cyclic C(6)H(10) alkene (cyclohexene) were characterized by the use of a Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometer equipped with an electrospray ionization source operated in the negative ion mode. Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography was used to achieve chromatographic separation of highly oxidized organic compounds. In addition to the well-known group of low molecular weight oxidation products (monomers; e.g. dicarboxylic acids), higher molecular weight compounds (dimers) were also detected and their exact elemental compositions were determined. In order to provide additional information for the structural elucidation of these compounds, collision-induced dissociation was applied. Based on the MS/MS spectra, two higher molecular weight products are proposed to be an ester and a peroxide. Molecular formulae calculated from the exact masses show that the SOA-compounds are heavily oxidized and this information creates the background to a discussion of potential reaction pathways for the formation of higher molecular weight compounds.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM

دوره 23 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009