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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 1265-1273Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2007.03.030
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We determine the elemental compositions of aromatic nitrogen model compounds as well as a petroleum sample by atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) and electrospray Ionization (ESI) with a 9.4 Tesla Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer. From the double-bond equivalents calculated for the nitrogen-containing ions from a petroleum sample, we can infer the aromatic core structure (pyridinic versus pyrrolic nitrogen heterocycle) based on the presence of M+ (odd-electron) versus [M+H](+) (even-electron) ions. Specifically, nitrogen speciation can be determined from either a single positive-ion APPI spectrum or two ESI (positive- and negative-ion) spectra. APPI operates at comparatively higher temperature than ESI and also produces radical cations that may fragment before detection. However, APPI fragmentation of aromatics can be eliminated by judicious choice of instrumental parameters.
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