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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom

Title:		Liquid chromatography/negative ion atmospheric pressure photoionization mass spectrometry: a highly sensitive method for the analysis of organic explosives
Author(s):		Song L; Bartmess JE;
Address:		"Mass Spectrometry Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1600, USA. song@ion.chem.utk.edu"
Journal Title:		Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom
Year:		2009
Volume:		23
Issue:		1
Page Number:		77 - 84
DOI:		10.1002/rcm.3857
ISSN/ISBN:		0951-4198 (Print) 0951-4198 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) is applied to the analysis of volatile and thermally stable compounds, while liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (LC/APCI-MS) and liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS) are preferred for the analysis of compounds with solution acid-base chemistry. Because organic explosives are compounds with low polarity and some of them are thermally labile, they have not been very well analyzed by GC/MS, LC/APCI-MS and LC/ESI-MS. Herein, we demonstrate liquid chromatography/negative ion atmospheric pressure photoionization mass spectrometry (LC/NI-APPI-MS) as a novel and highly sensitive method for their analysis. Using LC/NI-APPI-MS, limits of quantification (LOQs) of nitroaromatics and nitramines down to the middle pg range have been achieved in full MS scan mode, which are approximately one order to two orders magnitude lower than those previously reported using GC/MS or LC/APCI-MS. The calibration dynamic ranges achieved by LC/NI-APPI-MS are also wider than those using GC/MS and LC/APCI-MS. The reproducibility of LC/NI-APPI-MS is also very reliable, with the intraday and interday variabilities by coefficient of variation (CV) of 0.2-3.4% and 0.6-1.9% for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (2,4,6-TNT)"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINESong, Liguo Bartmess, John E eng England 2008/12/04 Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2009 Jan; 23(1):77-84. doi: 10.1002/rcm.3857"