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Mass spectrometry of lipid molecules
Author(s) -
Sun Kwok K.,
Holman Ralph T.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02631959
Subject(s) - fragmentation (computing) , chemistry , glyceride , mass spectrometry , wax , double bond , molecule , chromatography , organic chemistry , fatty acid , computer science , operating system
The mechanisms of mass spectrometric fragmentation and their applications to the elucidation of structure of lipids related to fatty acids are reviewed. The mechanism of fragmentation of saturated fatty acids and the mass spectrometric determination of the position of the double bond in unsaturated esters are emphasized. The use of pyrolysis‐mass spectrometry for locating double bonds is introduced. Patterns of fragmentation of wax esters and glycerides are also given.