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Technical Note PV-3

Common Background Ions for Electrospray


(Positive Ion)
m/z
101 102 104/106 105 120 122 123 130 137 144 145/147 146 150 153 157 159 179 186 214 217 225 231 239/241 242 243 257 267 273

Ion
(M+Na)+ (M+H)+ (M+Cu)+ (2M+Na)+ (M+Na+CH3CN)+ (M+H)+ (M+H)+ (M+H)+ (M+ACN+NH4)+ (M+H)+ (2M+Cu)+ (3M+Na)+ (M+H)+ (M+H)+ (2M+H)+ (M+Na)+ (2M+Na)+ (M+H)+

Compound
DMSO triethylamine (TEA) acetonitrile acetonitrile DMSO Tris dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA) DMSO tripropylamine (TPA) acetonitrile acetonitrile phenyldiethylamine 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7ene (DBU) DMSO sodium trifluoroacetate DMSO tributylamine n-butyl benzenesulfonamide (plastisizer) Unidentified contaminant dicyclohexyl urea (DCU) Unknown triethylamine tetrabutylammonium (C4H9)4N+ trityl cation DMSO tributylphosphate monomethoxytrityl cation (MMT)

m/z
279 282 301 317

Ion
(M+H)+ (M+Na)+ (M+K)+

Compound
dibutylphthalate (plasticiser)

plasticizer in polyethylene
dibutylphthalate (plasticiser) dibutylphthalate (plasticiser)

336
338 360 371 391 413 425

(M+H)+
(M+H)+ (M+Na)+ (M+H)+ (M+H)+ (M+Na)+ (M+Na)+

tributyl tin formate

(M+H)+ (M+NH3)+ [(M.HCl)2-Cl]+ M+ M+ (3M+H)+ (M+H)+ M+

erucamide erucamide polysiloxane, followed by 388 diisooctyl phthalate (plasticiser) diisooctyl phthalate (plasticiser) unidentified contaminant (plasticiser) 429 (M+K)+ diisooctyl phthalate (plasticiser) 445 (M+H)+ polysiloxane, followed by 462 449 (2M+H)+ dicyclohexyl urea (DCU) 454 (M+Na+CH3CN)+ diisooctyl phthalate (plasticiser) 522 Unknown 550 Unknown 599 Unknown 798 (2M+NH4)+ diisooctyl phthalate (plasticiser) 803 (2M+Na)+ diisooctyl phthalate (plasticiser) 879 Unknown 933 Unknown PEG polymers exhibit peaks 44 amu apart Common Adducts: (M+NH4)+ (M+18) (M+Na)+ (M+23) (M+K)+ (M+39)
H3C Si O Si H3C H3C Si H3C O Si O Si CH3 O O Si O CH3 CH3 CH3

H3C
100 95 90 85 80 75 70

CH3

444.9 371.0

100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60
Relative Abundance

444.9

Common nanospray background of 50% ACN, 0.1% Formic Acid*

65 60 Relative Abundance 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 250

55 50 45 40

H3C
445.9

CH3

445.9 387.7 461.8

35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 m/z 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455

446.9

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Derived from rubber tip from disposable syringe plunger

* See Andreas Schlosser and Rudolf Volkmer-Engert Volatile polydimethylcyclosiloxanes in the ambient laboratory air identified as source of extreme background signals in
nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry, J. Mass. Spectrom. 2003; 38: 523-525 for more information on these common background ions. The information contained in this document is believed reliable and accurate; however, nothing set forth herein constitutes a warranty or representation of any kind or nature. 2007 New Objective, Inc. All rights reserved.

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