The identification of dilignols from dehydrogenation mixtures of coniferyl alcohol and apocynol [4-(1-Hydroxyethyl)-2-methoxyphenol] by LC-ES-MS/MS
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Published on: January 7, 2019
K Syrjänen1, J Sipilä, H Björk
1Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, P.O. Box 55, and Verifin, Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, P.O. Box 55, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland. kaisa.syrjanen@helsinki.fi
Abstract:
A LC-ES-MS/MS method for the identification of dilignols formed by the oxidative cross-coupling of coniferyl alcohol and apocynol has been developed. The identification is based on the generation of ammonium adduct ions [M + NH(4)](+) by electrospray ionization and thereafter the following fragmentation patterns for the selected precursor ions. Fragmentation of several arylglycerol-beta-aryl ether (beta-O-4) and phenyl coumarane (beta-5) model compounds were studied as a reference.
