We report the energy-dependent fragmentation patterns upon protonation of eight sulfides (organosulfur compounds) in Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS). Studies were carried out, both, experimentally with PTR-MS, and with theoretical quantum-chemical methods. Charge retention usually occurred at the sulfur-containing fragment for short chain sulfides. An exception to this is found in the unsaturated monosulfide allylmethyl sulfide (AMS), which preferentially fragmented to a carbo-cation at m/z 41, C3H5+. Quantum chemical calculations (DFT with the M062X functional 6-31G(d,p) basis sets) for the fragmentation reaction pathways of AMS indicated that the most stable protonated AMS cation at m/z 89 is a protonated (cyclic) thiirane, and that the fragmentation reaction pathways of AMS in the drift tube are kinetically controlled. The protonated parent ion MH+ is the predominant product in PTR-MS, except for diethyl disulfide at high collisional energies. The saturated monosulfides R-S-R' (with R<R') have little or no fragmentation, at the same time the most abundant fragment ion is the smaller R-S+ fragment. The saturated disulfides R-S-S-R display more fragmentation than the saturated monosulfides, the most common fragments are disulfide containing fragments or long-chain carbo-cations. The results rationalize fragmentation data for saturated monosulfides and disulfides and represent a detailed analysis of the fragmentation of an unsaturated sulfide. Apart from the theoretical interest, the results are in support of the quantitative analysis of sulfides with PTR-MS, all the more so as PTR-MS is one of a few techniques that allow for ultra-low quantitative analysis of sulfides

Schuhfried, E.; Probst, M.; Limtrakul, J.; Wannakao, S.; Aprea, E.; Cappellin, L.; Mark, T.D.; Gasperi, F.; Biasioli, F. (2013). Sulfides: chemical ionization induced fragmentation studied with Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry and density functional calculations. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY, 48 (3): 367-378. doi: 10.1002/jms.3153 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/21915

Sulfides: chemical ionization induced fragmentation studied with Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry and density functional calculations

Aprea, Eugenio;Cappellin, Luca;Gasperi, Flavia;Biasioli, Franco
2013-01-01

Abstract

We report the energy-dependent fragmentation patterns upon protonation of eight sulfides (organosulfur compounds) in Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS). Studies were carried out, both, experimentally with PTR-MS, and with theoretical quantum-chemical methods. Charge retention usually occurred at the sulfur-containing fragment for short chain sulfides. An exception to this is found in the unsaturated monosulfide allylmethyl sulfide (AMS), which preferentially fragmented to a carbo-cation at m/z 41, C3H5+. Quantum chemical calculations (DFT with the M062X functional 6-31G(d,p) basis sets) for the fragmentation reaction pathways of AMS indicated that the most stable protonated AMS cation at m/z 89 is a protonated (cyclic) thiirane, and that the fragmentation reaction pathways of AMS in the drift tube are kinetically controlled. The protonated parent ion MH+ is the predominant product in PTR-MS, except for diethyl disulfide at high collisional energies. The saturated monosulfides R-S-R' (with R
Proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry
Sulfide
Chemical ionization
Fragmentation
Density functional theory
Settore CHIM/01 - CHIMICA ANALITICA
2013
Schuhfried, E.; Probst, M.; Limtrakul, J.; Wannakao, S.; Aprea, E.; Cappellin, L.; Mark, T.D.; Gasperi, F.; Biasioli, F. (2013). Sulfides: chemical ionization induced fragmentation studied with Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry and density functional calculations. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY, 48 (3): 367-378. doi: 10.1002/jms.3153 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/21915
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