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Implementation of the chemical reaction interface mass spectrometry technique on a Hewlett-Packard mass-selective
H Song1, J Kusmierz, F Abramson
1Department of Pharmacology, George Washington University Medical Center, 2300 I Street Northwest, 20037, Washington, DC.
Abstract:
A microwave-powered chemical reaction interface has been installed in a Hewlett-Packard gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) system (5890 IT gas chromatograph-S971 mass-selective detector). The technical details and optimization strategies are discussed. The evaluation of this new setup is presented, showing detection limits of 1 ng of (13)C-, (15)N-, and Cl-containing compounds with signal-to-noise ratios greater than or egual to 3. Selective detection was evaluated with a urine sample from a dog dosed with (15)N3-midazolam that had been previously analyzed by using a differentially pumped research-level quadrupole mass spectrometer. The results show that the detection of (15)N and Cl remains highly selective and the mass-selective detector gives comparable sensitivity to the larger instrument when the latter is operating over a conventional mass range. The capability for chemical reaction interface mass spectrometry can be easily accomplished with an inexpensive GC-MS system.
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