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Chemical reactions in fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry
Author(s) -
Vékey Károly,
Zerilli Luigi F.
Publication year - 1991
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.1210261105
Subject(s) - fast atom bombardment , mass spectrometry , chemistry , decomposition , chemical reaction , atom (system on chip) , matrix (chemical analysis) , analytical chemistry (journal) , reaction rate constant , computational chemistry , kinetics , chromatography , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , embedded system
Examples of various chemical reactions occurring in the matrix or in the selvedge region in fast atom bombardment (FAB) mass spectrometry are discussed. These are categorized as oxidations and reductions; substitutions; clusterings and additions; and sample decomposition or transformation. Some reactions observed showed significant time behaviour and in one case it was possible to determine rate constants. These data suggest that chemical reactions can be accelerated significantly by fast atom bombardment.