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Salazar Gómez JI, Sojka M, Klucken C, Schlögl R, Ruland H. Determination of trace compounds and artifacts in nitrogen background measurements by proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry under dry and humid conditions. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2021; 56:e4777. [PMID: 34291848 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A qualitative analysis was applied for the determination of trace compounds at the parts per trillion in volume (pptv ) level in the mass spectra of nitrogen of different qualities (5.0 and 6.0) under dry and humid conditions. This qualitative analysis enabled the classification and discovery of hundreds of new ions (e.g., [Sx ]H+ species) and artifacts such as parasitic ions and memory effects and their differentiation from real gas impurities. With this analysis, the humidity dependency of all kind of ions in the mass spectrum was determined. Apart from the inorganic artifacts previously discovered, many new organic ions were assigned as instrumental artifacts and new isobaric interferences could be elucidated. From 1140 peaks found in the mass range m/z 0-800, only 660 could be analyzed due to sufficient intensity, from which 463 corresponded to compounds. The number of peaks in nitrogen proton transfer reaction (PTR) spectra was similarly dominated by nonmetallic oxygenated organic compounds (23.5%) and hydrocarbons (24.1%) Regarding only gas impurities, hydrocarbons were the main compound class (50.2%). The highest contribution to the total ion signal for unfiltered nitrogen under dry and humid conditions was from nonmetallic oxygenated compounds. Under dry conditions, nitrogen-containing compounds exhibit the second highest contribution of 89% and 96% for nitrogen 5.0 and 6.0, respectively, whereas under humid conditions, hydrocarbons become the second dominant group with 69% and 86% for nitrogen 5.0 and 6.0, respectively. With the gathered information, a database can be built as a tool for the elucidation of instrumental and intrinsic gas matrix artifacts in PTR mass spectra and, especially in cases, where dilution with inert gases plays a significant role.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jorge Iván Salazar Gómez
- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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Development of microwave plasma proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (MWP-PTR-MS) for on-line monitoring of volatile organic compounds: Design, characterization and performance evaluation. Talanta 2020; 208:120468. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.120468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Salazar Gómez JI, Klucken C, Sojka M, Masliuk L, Lunkenbein T, Schlögl R, Ruland H. Elucidation of artefacts in proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometers. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2019; 54:987-1002. [PMID: 31758619 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present an effective procedure to differentiate instrumental artefacts, such as parasitic ions, memory effects, and real trace impurities contained in inert gases. Three different proton transfer reaction mass spectrometers were used in order to identify instrument-specific parasitic ions. The methodology reveals new nitrogen- and metal-containing ions that up to date have not been reported. The parasitic ion signal was dominated by [N2 ]H+ and [NH3 ]H+ rather than by the common ions NO+ and O2 + . Under dry conditions in a proton transfer reaction quadrupole interface time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-QiTOF), the ion abundances of [N2 ]H+ were elevated compared with the signals in the presence of humidity. In contrast, the [NH3 ]H+ ion did not show a clear humidity dependency. On the other hand, two PTR-TOF1000 instruments showed no significant contribution of the [N2 ]H+ ion, which supports the idea of [N2 ]H+ formation in the quadrupole interface of the PTR-QiTOF. Many new nitrogen-containing ions were identified, and three different reaction sequences showing a similar reaction mechanism were established. Additionally, several metal-containing ions, their oxides, and hydroxides were formed in the three PTR instruments. However, their relative ion abundancies were below 0.03% in all cases. Within the series of metal-containing ions, the highest contribution under dry conditions was assigned to the [Fe(OH)2 ]H+ ion. Only in one PTR-TOF1000 the Fe+ ion appeared as dominant species compared with the [Fe(OH)2 ]H+ ion. The present analysis and the resulting database can be used as a tool for the elucidation of artefacts in mass spectra and, especially in cases, where dilution with inert gases play a significant role, preventing misinterpretations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jorge Iván Salazar Gómez
- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
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Asfaw AA, Aspromonte J, Wolfs K, Van Schepdael A, Adams E. Overview of sample introduction techniques prior to GC for the analysis of volatiles in solid materials. J Sep Sci 2018; 42:214-225. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201800711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Adissu Alemayehu Asfaw
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences; Pharmaceutical Analysis; KU Leuven - University of Leuven; Leuven Belgium
- College of Health Sciences; Department of Pharmacy; Mekelle University; Mekelle Ethiopia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences; Pharmaceutical Analysis; KU Leuven - University of Leuven; Leuven Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences; Pharmaceutical Analysis; KU Leuven - University of Leuven; Leuven Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences; Pharmaceutical Analysis; KU Leuven - University of Leuven; Leuven Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences; Pharmaceutical Analysis; KU Leuven - University of Leuven; Leuven Belgium
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Romano A, Doran S, Belluomo I, Hanna GB. High-Throughput Breath Volatile Organic Compound Analysis Using Thermal Desorption Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2018; 90:10204-10210. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Andrea Romano
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Building, St. Mary’s Hospital, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Building, St. Mary’s Hospital, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Building, St. Mary’s Hospital, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Building, St. Mary’s Hospital, South Wharf Road, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom
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Capone S, Tufariello M, Forleo A, Longo V, Giampetruzzi L, Radogna AV, Casino F, Siciliano P. Chromatographic analysis of VOC patterns in exhaled breath from smokers and nonsmokers. Biomed Chromatogr 2017; 32. [PMID: 29131420 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.4132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and causes many diseases. The analysis of exhaled breath for exogenous and endogenous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can provide fundamental information on active smoking and insight into the health damage that smoke is creating. Various exhaled VOCs have been reported as typical of smoking habit and recent tobacco consumption, but to date, no eligible biomarkers have been identified. Aiming to identify such potential biomarkers, in this pilot study we analyzed the chemical patterns of exhaled breath from 26 volunteers divided into groups of nonsmokers and subgroups of smokers sampled at different periods of withdrawal from smoking. Solid-phase microextraction technique and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry methods were applied. Many breath VOCs were identified and quantified in very low concentrations (ppbv range), but only a few (toluene, pyridine, pyrrole, benzene, 2-butanone, 2-pentanone and 1-methyldecyclamine) were found to be statistically significant variables by Mann-Whitney test. In our analysis, we did not consider the predictive power of individual VOCs, as well as the criterion of uniqueness for biomarkers suggests, but we used the patterns of the only statistically significant compounds. Probit prediction model based on statistical relevant VOCs-patterns showed that assessment of smoking status is heavily time dependent. In a two-class classifier model, it is possible to predict with high specificity and sensitivity if a subject is a smoker who respected 1 hour of abstinence from smoking (short-term exposure to tobacco) or a smoker (labelled "blank smoker") after a night out of smoking (long-term exposure to tobacco). On the other side, in our study "blank smokers" are more like non-smokers so that the two classes cannot be well distinguished and the corresponding prediction results showed a good sensitivity but low selectivity.
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- Simonetta Capone
- National Research Council, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystem, Lecce, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Lecce, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystem, Lecce, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystem, Lecce, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystem, Lecce, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystem, Lecce, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystem, Lecce, Italy
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Thermal desorption—Gas chromatographic methodology for the determination of residual solvents in mesoporous silica. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1500:160-166. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bikov A, Lázár Z, Horvath I. Established methodological issues in electronic nose research: how far are we from using these instruments in clinical settings of breath analysis? J Breath Res 2015; 9:034001. [DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/9/3/034001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ayoko GA, Wang H. Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Environments. THE HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/698_2014_259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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