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Multiple‐stage mass spectrometry analysis of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether, bisphenol F diglycidyl ether and their derivatives
Author(s) -
GallartAyala H.,
Moyano E.,
Galceran M.T.
Publication year - 2010
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.4801
Subject(s) - chemistry , mass spectrometry , ether , tandem mass spectrometry , electrospray , electrospray ionization , bisphenol a , bisphenol , fragmentation (computing) , chromatography , organic chemistry , epoxy , computer science , operating system
The fragmentation of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE), bisphenol F diglycidyl ether (BFDGE) and their derivatives was studied by electrospray ioization tandem mass spectrometry. Multiple‐stage mass spectrometry and accurate mass measurements were combined to establish the fragmentation pathways. BADGEs and BFDGEs tend to form ammonium adducts under electrospray conditions which fragmented easily. The fragmentation of [M+NH 4 ] + for BADGEs started with the cleavage of the phenyl‐alkyl bond, which was followed by the α‐cleavage of the ether group to generate the characteristic product ions at m/z 135, [C 9 H 11 O] + , and m/z 107, [C 7 H 7 O] + . The fragmentation of the BFDGE isomer mixtures was studied by on‐line reversed‐phase liquid chromatography coupled to multiple‐stage mass spectrometry (LC/MS n ). Information obtained from product ion spectra for each BFDGE isomer and its comparison with the fragmentation pathway of BADGE allowed each isomer and the chromatographic elution order to be identified. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.