Mass Spectrometry
Analytical Chemistry • Chromatography (Separations) • Mass Spectrometry • Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy • X-ray Crystallography (visual solid state molecular structure)
Mass Spectrometry What insights are we hoping to gain? • Molecular Mass/Isotopic Distribution • Molecular Formula • Some Structural Characteristics – Fragmentation Pattern
Mass Spectromeric Isotope Indentification Only molecules of the correct m/z (mass/charge) will make it to the detector.
EI-MS of toluene
EI-MS of 2,2-Dimethyl Pentane
EI-MS of 2,2-Dimethyl Pentane Peaks with smaller m/z values __ called fragment ion peaks __ represent positively charged fragments of the parent molecule
EI-MS of 2,2-Dimethyl Pentane
EI-MS of n-Propanol
EI-MS of 4-Heptanone
EI-MS of 4-Heptanone
EI-MS of 4-Heptanone
Isotopes
EI-MS of Benzyl Bromide
Isotopes
EI-MS of Benzyl Bromide
EI-MS of 4-Chloroanisole
Isotopes
Isotopes