TY - JOUR
T1 - Differentiation of regioisomers of sulfobenzoic acid by traveling-wave ion mobility mass spectrometry
AU - Zhang, Jinxin
AU - Kumar, Meenu
AU - Pinto, Spencer
AU - Samarasinghe, Ishira
AU - Attygalle, Athula B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - An ion mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) investigation using a Synapt G2 mass spectrometer was conducted to separate anions generated from the three regioisomers of sulfobenzoic acid. The results revealed that the differences in arrival time distributions (ATDs) were inadequate to differentiate the isomers unambiguously. However, the ATD profiles of the product ions, generated by fragmenting the respective mass-selected m/z 201 precursor ions in the Trap region of the three-compartment traveling-wave ion guide of the Synapt G2 mass spectrometer, were distinctly different, enabling definitive differentiation of the isomers. An arrival-time peak for an ion of m/z 157 resulting from the loss of CO2 from the respective precursors was common to all three mobilograms. However, only the profile recorded from the para-isomer exhibited a unique arrival-time peak for an ion of m/z 137, originating from an SO2 loss. Such a peak corresponding to an SO2 loss was absent in the ATD profiles of the ortho- and meta-isomers. Additionally, the mobilogram of the meta-isomer displayed a unique peak at 3.42 ms. Based on its product ion spectrum, this peak was attributed to the bisulfite anion (m/z 81; HSO3ˉ). Previously, this meta-isomer specific m/z 81 ion had been proposed to originate from a two-step process involving the intermediacy of an m/z 157 ion formed by CO2 loss. However, our detailed tandem mass spectrometric experiments suggest that the m/z 81 is not a secondary product but rather an ion that originated from a direct elimination of a benzyne derivative from the m/z 201 precursor ion.
AB - An ion mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) investigation using a Synapt G2 mass spectrometer was conducted to separate anions generated from the three regioisomers of sulfobenzoic acid. The results revealed that the differences in arrival time distributions (ATDs) were inadequate to differentiate the isomers unambiguously. However, the ATD profiles of the product ions, generated by fragmenting the respective mass-selected m/z 201 precursor ions in the Trap region of the three-compartment traveling-wave ion guide of the Synapt G2 mass spectrometer, were distinctly different, enabling definitive differentiation of the isomers. An arrival-time peak for an ion of m/z 157 resulting from the loss of CO2 from the respective precursors was common to all three mobilograms. However, only the profile recorded from the para-isomer exhibited a unique arrival-time peak for an ion of m/z 137, originating from an SO2 loss. Such a peak corresponding to an SO2 loss was absent in the ATD profiles of the ortho- and meta-isomers. Additionally, the mobilogram of the meta-isomer displayed a unique peak at 3.42 ms. Based on its product ion spectrum, this peak was attributed to the bisulfite anion (m/z 81; HSO3ˉ). Previously, this meta-isomer specific m/z 81 ion had been proposed to originate from a two-step process involving the intermediacy of an m/z 157 ion formed by CO2 loss. However, our detailed tandem mass spectrometric experiments suggest that the m/z 81 is not a secondary product but rather an ion that originated from a direct elimination of a benzyne derivative from the m/z 201 precursor ion.
KW - differentiation
KW - fragmentation pathway
KW - ion mobility mass spectrometry
KW - regioisomers
KW - sulfobenzoic acid
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U2 - 10.1002/jms.5068
DO - 10.1002/jms.5068
M3 - Article
C2 - 38989731
AN - SCOPUS:85198072231
SN - 1076-5174
VL - 59
JO - Journal of Mass Spectrometry
JF - Journal of Mass Spectrometry
IS - 8
M1 - e5068
ER -