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The mass spectrum of mevalonolactone
Author(s) -
Gray R. T.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
organic mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0030-493X
DOI - 10.1002/oms.1210090315
Subject(s) - fragmentation (computing) , metastability , cleavage (geology) , chemistry , mass spectrum , labelling , isotopic labeling , stereochemistry , biology , mass spectrometry , biochemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , ecology , paleontology , fracture (geology)
The principal fragmentation pathways of mevalonolactone are initiated by cleavage α to the hydroxyl function. Each major route has been delineated by using isotopic labelling and metastable analysis. A knowledge of this fragmentation pattern is useful for the calculation of isotopic purity and specificity in samples of mevalonolactone used as substrates in biosynthetic studies.