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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 91, Issue 9, Pages 5605-5612Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04813
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21527901, 21777170]
- Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission [Z181100003818008]
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Excited-state CH2Cl2-induced associative ionization (AI) is a newly developed ionization method that is very effective for oxygenated organics. However, this method is not widely known. In this study, an unprecedented ionization efficiency and ultrafast reaction rate of AI toward nitro compounds were observed. The ionization efficiencies of o-nitrotoluene (o-NT), m-nitrotoluene (m-NT), and nitrobenzene (NB) were as high as (28 +/- 3)%, (27 +/- 2)%, and (13 +/- reaction rate coefficients of these nitroaromatics were (0.5-1.3) X 10(-7) molecule(-1) cm(3) s(-1) (similar to 300 K). These unusual rate coefficients indicated strong long-range interactions between the two neutral reactants, which was regarded as a key factor leading to the ultrahigh ionization efficiency. The detection sensitivities of the nitroaromatics, (1.01-2.16) X 10(4) counts pptv(-1) in 10 s acquisition time, were obtained by an AI time-of-flight mass spectrometer (AI-TOFMS). These experimental results not only provide new insight into the AI reaction but also reveal an excellent ionization method that can improve the detection sensitivity of nitroaromatics to an unprecedented degree.
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