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Quantification of Isomeric Differences in Mass Spectra
Author(s) -
Drahos László,
Vékey Károly
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19960731)10:10<1309::aid-rcm624>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - chemistry , isomerization , mass spectrum , similarity (geometry) , spectral line , analytical chemistry (journal) , reproducibility , mass spectrometry , chromatography , organic chemistry , artificial intelligence , physics , astronomy , computer science , image (mathematics) , catalysis
Several indices have been developed to characterize isomeric differences, degree of isomerization and spectral similarity in mass spectra. An index ( S ), based on absolute value distance, is developed to describe the similarity of two spectra. Two indices (α and β) were developed to characterize the maximum degree of isomerization between two isomers under mass spectrometric conditions. Another index was derived from the former ones to characerize differences between spectra ( D ). The effect of random errors (i.e. reproducibility) on these indices was also checked. Comparison of spectra of various pairs of isomers indicated that the developed formulae are efficient for isomer characterization. The same indices can be used, not only for comparing isomers, but also for the quantitative comparison of complex mixtures (based either on mass spectra or on chromatograms).