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B Schueler

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Medical physics.

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Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted↗

Redox reactions occurring during secondary ion mass spectrometry of some heteroanthracycline antitumor antibiotic precursors.

Positive and negative secondary ion mass spectra of the title compounds were produced by bombardment of solid deposits by 13 and 23 KeV cesium ions, respectively, and analyzed with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. In addition to familiar protonation and alkali (mainly sodium) ion addition processes observed in the positive ion spectra and proton abstractions in the negative ion spectra (which enable determination of molecular weight) there is evidence from both spectral modes for oxidation-reduction processes in which species such as [M - H]+, [M - H + Na]+. and [M + 1]- are formed. It is argued that these may be formed rapidly from pre-associated molecules during bombardment/ionization rather than as a result of radiation damage. Sodium ion addition is apparently facilitated by the presence of electron pair donor groups, especially if chelation is possible.

Antibiotics, Antineoplastic↗

Automated dry fraction collection for microbore high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

A method is presented for the collection of dry fractions from a microbore high-performance liquid chromatographic column. These fractions are electrosprayed onto a foil strip that is being moved past the spray in steps. These solid deposits are in a form which is compatible with solid-phase secondary-ion mass spectrometry, in particular the time-of-flight instrument that has been developed in our laboratory. Because the type of ionization used in static secondary-ion spectrometry is essentially non-destructive, the non-volatile eluent is available for any other analytical method after mass analysis. The chromatogram of a mixture of peptides was re-constructed from the mass spectra of fractions collected in this way. This chromatogram is shown and its features are examined.

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