The effect of ruthenium(II) chloride on the formation of protonated parent ions in electrospray mass spectrometry

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作者
Stark, CBW
Lopes, NP
Fonseca, T
Gates, PJ
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Cambridge CB2 1EW, England
[2] Free Univ Berlin, Inst Chem Organ Chem, D-1000 Berlin, Germany
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut Ribeirao Preto, BR-14040903 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
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10.1039/b309913j
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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We report the use of RuCl3 as an "alkali metal sponge". This is a general and highly efficient method for generating protonated parent ions for a variety of compounds that usually do not show this ion in electrospray mass spectrometry. This technique is demonstrated to be highly useful in "cleaning up" spectra from multiply metallated ions, thereby substantially improving the signal-to-noise ratio.
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