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Mono‐ and diiodocyclophosphamide as possible internal standards for cyclophosphamide quantification: characterization by ion trap multi‐stage mass spectrometry and effects of iodine‐chlorine substitution on the fragmentation pattern
Author(s) -
Castiglia L.,
Miraglia N.,
Pieri M.,
Genovese G.,
Simonelli A.,
Basilicata P.,
Sannolo N.,
Acampora A.
Publication year - 2005
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/rcm.1996
Subject(s) - chemistry , fragmentation (computing) , mass spectrometry , chlorine , chromatography , halogen , ion trap , polyatomic ion , quadrupole ion trap , ion , analytical chemistry (journal) , organic chemistry , alkyl , computer science , operating system
Hospital personnel involved in antineoplastic drug preparation and administration to patients are exposed to large amounts of these drugs. Labour legislation indicates the necessity of planning monitoring strategies aimed at prevention and/or reduction of drug exposure. Monitoring strategies consist of quantitative determinations of indicators, present in environmental and biological matrices. Among the antineoplastic drugs widely used, cyclophosphamide (CP) has been identified as a suitable indicator of potential exposure to mixtures of antineoplastic drugs. Many literature methods for quantitative analysis of CP involve either liquid (LC) or gas chromatography (GC) with mass spectrometry (MS), both of which require use of a suitable internal standard. The present work focuses on the synthesis of mono‐ and diiodocyclophosphamide (CPI and CPI 2 ) to be used as internal standard. These compounds were analyzed by GC/EI‐MS/MS and LC/ESI‐MS n using ion trap mass spectrometry. The product ion mass spectra are interpreted in terms of proposed structures of fragment ions. Iodine‐chlorine substitution resulted in a weakening of the carbon–halogen bond with a noteworthy influence on the ion fragmentation processes. The proposed suitability of CPI and CPI 2 as internal standards was based on similarities to CP as regards ionization and fragmentation processes. The results obtained suggest that CPI could be used as internal standard for CP quantification by LC/ESI‐MS/MS, and CPI 2 for GC/EI‐MS/MS analyses. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.