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Lochmann F, Flatschacher D, Speckbacher V, Zeilinger S, Heuschneider V, Bereiter S, Schiller A, Ruzsanyi V. Demonstrating the Applicability of Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry to Quantify Volatiles Emitted by the Mycoparasitic Fungus Trichoderma atroviride in Real Time: Monitoring of Trichoderma-Based Biopesticides. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2024; 35:1168-1177. [PMID: 38708575 PMCID: PMC11157538 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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The present study aims to explore the potential application of proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS) for real-time monitoring of microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs). This investigation can be broadly divided into two parts. First, a selection of 14 MVOCs was made based on previous research that characterized the MVOC emissions of Trichoderma atroviride, which is a filamentous fungus widely used as a biocontrol agent. The analysis of gas-phase standards using PTR-ToF-MS allowed for the categorization of these 14 MVOCs into two groups: the first group primarily undergoes nondissociative proton transfer, resulting in the formation of protonated parent ions, while the second group mainly undergoes dissociative proton transfer, leading to the formation of fragment ions. In the second part of this investigation, the emission of MVOCs from samples of T. atroviride was continuously monitored over a period of five days using PTR-ToF-MS. This also included the first quantitative online analysis of 6-amyl-α-pyrone (6-PP), a key MVOC emitted by T. atroviride. The 6-PP emissions of T. atroviride cultures were characterized by a gradual increase over the first two days of cultivation, reaching a plateau-like maximum with volume mixing ratios exceeding 600 ppbv on days three and four. This was followed by a marked decrease, where the 6-PP volume mixing ratios plummeted to below 50 ppbv on day five. This observed sudden decrease in 6-PP emissions coincided with the start of sporulation of the T. atroviride cultures as well as increasing intensities of product ions associated with 1-octen-3-ol and 3-octanone, whereas both these MVOCs were previously associated with sporulation in T. atroviride. The study also presents the observations and discussion of further MVOC emissions from the T. atroviride samples and concludes with a critical assessment of the possible applications and limitations of PTR-ToF-MS for the online monitoring of MVOCs from biological samples in real time.
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- Franziska Lochmann
- Institut
für Atemgasanalytik, Universität
Innsbruck, Innrain 52a and 80-82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Mikrobiologie, Universität
Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse
25d, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Mikrobiologie, Universität
Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse
25d, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Mikrobiologie, Universität
Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse
25d, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Atemgasanalytik, Universität
Innsbruck, Innrain 52a and 80-82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Atemgasanalytik, Universität
Innsbruck, Innrain 52a and 80-82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Atemgasanalytik, Universität
Innsbruck, Innrain 52a and 80-82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut
für Atemgasanalytik, Universität
Innsbruck, Innrain 52a and 80-82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Abar T, Mestdagh H, Heninger M, Lemaire J. Analysis of VOCs in Liquids through Vaporization in a Tubular Oven Monitored by Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:1048. [PMID: 38400206 PMCID: PMC10891908 DOI: 10.3390/s24041048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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The analysis of chemical compounds present at trace levels in liquids is important not only for environmental measurements but also, for example, in the health sector. The reference technique for the analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in liquids is GC, which is difficult to use with an aqueous matrix. In this work, we present an alternative technique to GC to analyze VOCs in water. A tubular oven is used to completely vaporize the liquid sample deposited on a gauze. The oven is heated in the presence of a dinitrogen flow, and the gas is analyzed at the exit of the oven by a chemical ionization mass spectrometer developed in our laboratory. It is a low magnetic field Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) optimized for real-time analysis. The Proton Transfer Reaction (PTR) used during the Chemical Ionization event results in the selective ionization of the VOCs present in the gas phase. The optimization of the desorption conditions is described for the main operating parameters: temperature ramp, liquid quantity, and nitrogen flow. Their influence is studied using a 100 ppmv aqueous toluene solution. The analytical method is then tested on a mixture of seven VOCs.
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- Institut de Chimie Physique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91400 Orsay, France; (T.A.); (H.M.); (J.L.)
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Long BA, Eyet N, Williamson J, Shuman NS, Ard SG, Viggiano AA. Kinetics for the Reactions of H 3O +(H 2O) n=0-3 with Isoprene (2-Methyl-1,3-butadiene) as a Function of Temperature (300-500 K). J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:7202-7209. [PMID: 36169997 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c05287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report kinetics studies of H3O+(H2O)n=0-3 with isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, C5H8) as a function of temperature (300-500 K) measured using a flowing afterglow-selected ion flow tube. Results are supported by density functional (DFT) calculations at the B3LYP/def2-TZVP level. H3O+ (n = 0) reacts with isoprene near the collision limit exclusively via proton transfer to form C5H9+. The first hydrate (n = 1) also reacts at the collision limit and only the proton transfer product is observed, although hydrated protonated isoprene may have been produced and dissociated thermally. Addition of a second water (n = 2) lowers the rate constant by about a factor of 10. The proton transfer of H3O+(H2O)2 to isoprene is endothermic, but transfer of the water ligands lowers the thermicity and the likely process occurring is H3O+(H2O)2 + C5H8 → C5H9+(H2O)2 + H2O, followed by thermal dissociation of C5H9+(H2O)2. Statistical modeling indicates the amount of reactivity is consistent with the process being slightly endothermic, as is indicated by the DFT calculations. This reactivity was obscured in past experiments due to the presence of water in the reaction zone. The third hydrate is observed not to react and helps explain the past results for n = 2, as n = 2 and 3 were in equilibrium in that flow tube experiment. Very little dependence on temperature was found for the three species that did react. Finally, the C5H9+ proton transfer product further reacted with isoprene to produce mainly C6H9+ along with a small amount of clustering.
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- Bryan A Long
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire 03102, United States
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- Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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Ghislain M, Reyrolle M, Sotiropoulos JM, Pigot T, Plaisance H, Le Bechec M. Study of the Chemical Ionization of Organophosphate Esters in Air Using Selected Ion Flow Tube-Mass Spectrometry for Direct Analysis. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2022; 33:865-874. [PMID: 35416666 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Organophosphate esters are an emerging environmental concern since they spread persistently across all environmental compartments (air, soil, water, etc.). Measurements of semivolatile organic compounds are important but not without challenges due to their physicochemical properties. Selected ion flow tube-mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) can be relevant for their analysis in air because it is a direct analytical method without separation that requires little preparation and no external calibration. SIFT-MS is based on the chemical reactivity of analytes with reactant ions. For volatile and semivolatile organic compound analysis in the gas phase, knowledge of ion-molecule reactions and kinetic parameters is essential for the utilization of this technology. In the present work, we focused on organophosphate esters, semivolatile compounds that are now ubiquitous in the environment. The ion-molecule reactions of eight precursor ions that are available in SIFT-MS (H3O+, NO+, O2•+, OH-, O•-, O2•-, NO2-, and NO3-) with six organophosphate esters were investigated. The modeling of ion-molecule reaction pathways by calculations supported and complemented the experimental work. Organophosphate esters reacted with six of the eight precursor ions with characteristic reaction mechanisms, such as protonation with hydronium precursor ions and association with NO+ ions, while nucleophilic substitution occurred with OH-, O•-, and O2•-. No reaction was observed with NO2- and NO3- ions. This work shows that the direct analysis of semivolatile organic compounds is feasible using SIFT-MS with both positive and negative ionization modes.
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- Mylène Ghislain
- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IMT Mines Ales, IPREM, 64000 Pau, France
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IMT Mines Ales, IPREM, 64000 Pau, France
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IMT Mines Ales, IPREM, 64000 Pau, France
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IMT Mines Ales, IPREM, 64000 Pau, France
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IMT Mines Ales, IPREM, 64000 Pau, France
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- Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, IMT Mines Ales, IPREM, 64000 Pau, France
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Doepke A, Streicher RP. Source apportionment and quantification of liquid and headspace leaks from closed system drug-transfer devices via Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258425. [PMID: 34735484 PMCID: PMC8568112 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A system to differentiate and quantify liquid and headspace vapor leaks from closed system drug-transfer devices (CSTDs) is presented. CSTDs are designed to reduce or eliminate hazardous drug (HD) exposure risk when compounding and administering HDs. CSTDs may leak liquid, headspace, or a mixture of the two. The amount of HD contained in liquid and headspace leaks may be substantially different. Use of a test solution containing two VOCs with differences in ratios of VOC concentrations in the headspace and liquid enables source apportionment of leaked material. SIFT-MS was used to detect VOCs from liquid and headspace leaks in the vapor phase. Included in this report is a novel method to determine the origin and magnitude of leaks from CSTDs. A limit of leak detection of 24 μL of headspace vapor and 0.14 μL of test liquid were found using Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS).
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- Amos Doepke
- Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Chemical and Biochemical Monitoring Branch (CBMB), Alice Hamilton Laboratories, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Chemical and Biochemical Monitoring Branch (CBMB), Alice Hamilton Laboratories, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Ghislain M, Reyrolle M, Sotiropoulos JM, Pigot T, Le Bechec M. Chemical ionization of carboxylic acids and esters in negative mode selected ion flow tube – Mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS). Microchem J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2021.106609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Erdogdu D, Wißdorf W, Allers M, Kirk AT, Kersten H, Zimmermann S, Benter T. Simulation of Cluster Dynamics of Proton-Bound Water Clusters in a High Kinetic Energy Ion-Mobility Spectrometer. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:2436-2450. [PMID: 34342982 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.1c00140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Ions are separated in ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) by their characteristic motion through a gas-filled drift tube with a static electric field present. Chemical dynamics, such as clustering and declustering of chemically reactive systems, and physical parameters, as, for example, the electric field strength or background gas temperature, impact on the observed ion mobility. In high kinetic energy IMS (HiKE-IMS), the reduced electric field strength is up to 120 Td in both the reaction region and drift region of the instrument. The ion generation in a corona discharge driven chemical ionization source leads generally to formation of proton-bound water clusters. However, the reduced electric field strength and therefore the effective ion temperature has a significant influence on the chemical equilibria of this reaction system. In order to characterize the effects occurring in IMS systems in general, numerical simulations can support and potentially explain experimental observations. The comparison of the simulation of a well characterized chemical reaction system (i.e., the proton-bound water cluster system) with experimental results allows us to validate the numerical model applied in this work. Numerical simulations of the proton-bound water cluster system were performed with the custom particle-based ion dynamics simulation framework (IDSimF). The ion-transport calculation in the model is based on a Verlet integration of the equations of motion and uses a customized Barnes-Hut method to calculate space charge interactions. The chemical kinetics is modeled stochastically with a Monte Carlo method. The experimental and simulated drift spectra are in good qualitative and quantitative agreement, and experimentally observed individual transitions of cluster ions are clearly reproduced and identified by the numerical model.
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- Duygu Erdogdu
- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Straße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Straße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Measurement Technology, Appelstraße 9a, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Measurement Technology, Appelstraße 9a, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Straße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Measurement Technology, Appelstraße 9a, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Gauss Straße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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Ghislain M, Costarramone N, Sotiropoulos JM, Pigot T, Van Den Berg R, Lacombe S, Le Bechec M. Direct analysis of aldehydes and carboxylic acids in the gas phase by negative ionization selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry: Quantification and modelling of ion-molecule reactions. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2019; 33:1623-1634. [PMID: 31216077 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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RATIONALE The concentrations of aldehydes and volatile fatty acids have to be controlled because of their potential harmfulness in indoor air or relationship with the organoleptic properties of agri-food products. Although several specific analytical methods are currently used, the simultaneous analysis of these compounds in a complex matrix remains a challenge. The combination of positive and negative ionization selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) allows the accurate, sensitive and high-frequency analysis of complex gas mixtures of these compounds. METHODS The ion-molecule reactions of negative precursor ions (OH- , O•- , O2 •- , NO2 - and NO3 - ) with five aldehydes and four carboxylic acids were investigated in order to provide product ions and rate constants for the quantification of these compounds by negative ion SIFT-MS. The results were compared with those obtained by conventional analysis methods and/or with already implemented SIFT-MS positive ionization methods. The modelling of hydroxide ion (OH- )/molecule reaction paths by ab-initio calculation allowed a better understanding of these gas-phase reactions. RESULTS Deprotonation systematically occurs by reaction between negative ions and aldehydes or acids, leading to the formation of [M - H]- primary ions. Ab-initio calculations demonstrated the α-CH deprotonation of aldehydes and the acidic proton abstraction for fatty acids. For aldehydes, the presence of water in the flow tube leads to the formation of hydrated ions, [M - H]- .H2 O. With the NO2 - precursor ion, a second reaction channel results in ion-molecule association with the formation of M.NO2 - ions. CONCLUSIONS Except for formaldehyde, all the studied compounds can be quantified by negative ion SIFT-MS with significant rate constants. In addition to positive ion SIFT-MS with H3 O+ , O2 + and NO+ precursor ions, negative ionization with O•- , O2 •- , OH- , NO2 - and NO3 - extends the range of analysis of aldehydes and carboxylic acids in air without a preparation or separation step. This methodology was illustrated by the simultaneous quantification in single-scan experiments of seven aldehydes and six carboxylic acids released by building materials.
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- Mylène Ghislain
- CNRS/Univ. Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, IPREM, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l'environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Hélioparc, 2 avenue Président Angot, 64053 PAU cedex 9, France
- Intersciences Nederlands, Tinstraat 16, 4823 AA, Breda, The Netherlands
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- CNRS/Univ. Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, IPREM, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l'environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Hélioparc, 2 avenue Président Angot, 64053 PAU cedex 9, France
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- CNRS/Univ. Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, IPREM, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l'environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Hélioparc, 2 avenue Président Angot, 64053 PAU cedex 9, France
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- CNRS/Univ. Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, IPREM, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l'environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Hélioparc, 2 avenue Président Angot, 64053 PAU cedex 9, France
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- CNRS/Univ. Pau & Pays Adour/E2S UPPA, IPREM, Institut des sciences analytiques et de Physicochimie pour l'environnement et les Matériaux, UMR5254, Hélioparc, 2 avenue Président Angot, 64053 PAU cedex 9, France
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Pagonis D, Sekimoto K, de Gouw J. A Library of Proton-Transfer Reactions of H 3O + Ions Used for Trace Gas Detection. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:1330-1335. [PMID: 31037568 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02209-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have collected data on the proton-transfer reactions with H3O+ ions for trace gas detection into an online and publicly available library. The library allows users of proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) and selected-ion flow-tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) to look up at which m/z a trace gas of interest is detected. Vice versa, the library also allows looking up what trace gas may have been responsible for a product ion detected in PTR-MS and SIFT-MS. Finally, the library may serve as a dataset for further research on calculating instrument sensitivity and product-ion fragmentation, improving identification and quantification of newly detectable compounds as advances in instrumentation continue. To demonstrate the utility of the library, we present a brief analysis of product-ion fragmentation. We show that oxygenated organic compounds exhibit trends in neutral loss according to their functionality, and that on average neutral losses decrease the carbon number and increase the extent of unsaturation of product ions. Graphical Abstract.
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- Demetrios Pagonis
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences & Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, 216 UCB, CIRES, Boulder, Colorado, 80309, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences & Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, 216 UCB, CIRES, Boulder, Colorado, 80309, USA.
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Strekowski RS, Alvarez C, Petrov-Stojanović J, Hagebaum-Reignier D, Wortham H. Theoretical chemical ionization rate constants of the concurrent reactions of hydronium ions (H 3 O + ) and oxygen ions (O 2 + ) with selected organic iodides. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2019; 54:422-428. [PMID: 30884544 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Short chain volatile iodinated organic compounds (VIOCs) are of great importance in many fields that include atmospheric chemistry, agriculture, and environmental chemistry related to nuclear power plant safety. Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) allows for fast, sensitive, and online quantification of VIOCs if the chemical ionization (CI) reaction rate coefficients are known. In this work, the theoretical CI rate coefficients for the reactions of hydronium ions (H3 O+ ) and oxygen ions (O 2 + ) with selected atmospherically important short chain VIOCs are determined. The neutral CH3 I, CH2 I2 , C2 H5 I, iso-C3 H7 I, n-C3 H7 I, n-C4 H9 I, 2-C4 H9 I, n-C5 H11 I, 2-C5 H11 I, and 3-C5 H11 I have been chosen because these compounds are of atmospheric and environmental importance in the field of safety of nuclear plant reactors. Theoretical ion-molecule collision rate coefficients were determined using the Su and Chesnavich theory based on parametrized trajectory calculations. The proton affinity, ionization energy, dipole moment, and polarizability values of the neutral molecules were determined from density functional theory and coupled-cluster calculations. The newly calculated rate constants facilitate the use of the CI mass spectrometry in the atmospheric quantification of selected VIOCs.
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Fatemi MH, Moghaddam MR. Quantitative structure-property prediction of ion-molecule rate constants for proton transfer reaction between H3O+ and volatile organic compound. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2012; 47:574-580. [PMID: 22549992 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) study based on multiple linear regression (MLR) and artificial neural network (ANN) techniques was carried out to investigate the ion-molecules rate constants for proton transfer reaction between hydronuim ion (H(3)O(+)) and some important volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A collection of 50 VOCs was chosen as data set that was randomly divided into three groups, training, internal and external test sets consist of 40, 5 and 5 molecules, respectively. A total of five independent variables selected by stepwise multilinear regression are electronic, geometric, topological type descriptors. The ANN model was developed by using the five descriptors appearing in the MLR model as inputs. Among developed models, the best QSPR model was the ANN model that produced a reasonable level of mean square error MSE(train) = 0.021, MSE(external) = 0.186, MSE(internal) = 0.110. The rate constants calculated by this model are in very good agreement with experimental values. The result of this study reveals the applicability of QSPR approaches in prediction of ion-molecules rate constants for proton transfer reaction of VOCs from their molecular structural descriptors.
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The topic of ambient gas analysis has been rapidly developed in the last few years with the evolution of the exciting new techniques such as DESI, DART and EESI. The essential feature of all is that analysis of trace gases can be accomplished either in the gas phase or those released from surfaces, crucially avoiding sample collection or modification. In this regard, selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry, SIFT-MS, also performs ambient analyses both accurately and rapidly. In this focused review we describe the underlying ion chemistry underpinning SIFT-MS through a discourse on the reactions of different classes of organic and inorganic molecules with H(3)O(+), NO(+) and O(2)(+)˙ studied using the SIFT technique. Rate coefficients and ion products of these reactions facilitate absolute SIFT-MS analyses and can also be useful for the interpretation of data obtained by the other ambient analysis methods mentioned above. The essential physics and flow dynamics of SIFT-MS are described that, together with the reaction kinetics, allow SIFT-MS to perform absolute ambient analyses of trace compounds in humid atmospheric air, exhaled breath and the headspace of aqueous liquids. Several areas of research that, through pilot experiments, are seen to benefit from ambient gas analysis using SIFT-MS are briefly reviewed. Special attention is given to exhaled breath and urine headspace analysis directed towards clinical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring, and some other areas researched using SIFT-MS are summarised. Finally, extensions to current areas of application and indications of other directions in which SIFT-MS can be exploited for ambient analysis are alluded to.
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- David Smith
- Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, School of Medicine, Keele University, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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Spaněl P, Smith D. Progress in SIFT-MS: breath analysis and other applications. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2011; 30:236-267. [PMID: 20648679 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2009] [Revised: 09/12/2009] [Accepted: 09/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The development of selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry, SIFT-MS, is described from its inception as the modified very large SIFT instruments used to demonstrate the feasibility of SIFT-MS as an analytical technique, towards the smaller but bulky transportable instruments and finally to the current smallest Profile 3 instruments that have been located in various places, including hospitals and schools to obtain on-line breath analyses. The essential physics and engineering principles are discussed, which must be appreciated to design and construct a SIFT-MS instrument. The versatility and sensitivity of the Profile 3 instrument is illustrated by typical mass spectra obtained using the three precursor ions H(3)O(+), NO(+) and O(2)(+)·, and the need to account for differential ionic diffusion and mass discrimination in the analytical algorithms is emphasized to obtain accurate trace gas analyses. The performance of the Profile 3 instrument is illustrated by the results of several pilot studies, including (i) on-line real time quantification of several breath metabolites for cohorts of healthy adults and children, which have provided representative concentration/population distributions, and the comparative analyses of breath exhaled via the mouth and nose that identify systemic and orally-generated compounds, (ii) the enhancement of breath metabolites by drug ingestion, (iii) the identification of HCN as a marker of Pseudomonas colonization of the airways and (iv) emission of volatile compounds from urine, especially ketone bodies, and from skin. Some very recent developments are discussed, including the quantification of carbon dioxide in breath and the combination of SIFT-MS with GC and ATD, and their significance. Finally, prospects for future SIFT-MS developments are alluded to.
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- Patrik Spaněl
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23, Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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- Robert S Blake
- Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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Kato S, Ellison GB, Bierbaum VM, Blanksby SJ. Base-Induced Decomposition of Alkyl Hydroperoxides in the Gas Phase. Part 3. Kinetics and Dynamics in HO− + CH3OOH, C2H5OOH, and tert-C4H9OOH Reactions. J Phys Chem A 2008; 112:9516-25. [DOI: 10.1021/jp800702z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shuji Kato
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado and JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80309, and School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado and JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80309, and School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado and JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80309, and School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado and JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80309, and School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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Smith D, Spanel P. Selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) for on-line trace gas analysis. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2005; 24:661-700. [PMID: 15495143 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 438] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) is a new analytical technique for the real-time quantification of several trace gases simultaneously in air and breath. It relies on chemical ionization of the trace gas molecules in air/breath samples introduced into helium carrier gas using H(3)O(+), NO(+), and O(2) (+.) precursor ions. Reactions between the precursor ions and trace gas molecules proceed for an accurately defined time, the precursor and product ions being detected and counted by a downstream mass spectrometer, thus effecting quantification. Absolute concentrations of trace gases in single breath exhalation can be determined by SIFT-MS down to ppb levels, obviating sample collection and calibration. Illustrative examples of SIFT-MS studies include (i) analysis of gases from combustion engines, animals and their waste, and food; (ii) breath and urinary headspace studies of metabolites, ethanol metabolism, elevated acetone during ovulation, and exogenous compounds; and (iii) urinary infection and the presence of tumors, the influence of dialysis on breath ammonia, acetone, and isoprene, and acetaldehyde released by cancer cells in vitro. Flowing afterglow mass spectrometry (FA-MS) is briefly described, which allows on-line quantification of deuterium in breath water vapor.
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- David Smith
- Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Keele, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QB, United Kingdom.
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Solimannejad M, Boutalib A. G2 Molecular Orbital Investigation of OCH+−XH, OCH+−X2, and OCH+−XY(YX) (X = Y = F, Cl, and Br) Proton Bond Complexes. J Phys Chem A 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0496250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Mohammad Solimannejad
- Quantum Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, Arak University, 38156-879 Arak, Iran
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- Département de Chimie, Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, B.P. 2390 Marrakech, Morocco
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Midey AJ, Williams S, Arnold ST, Viggiano AA. Reactions of H3O+(H2O)0,1 with Alkylbenzenes from 298 to 1200 K. J Phys Chem A 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/jp014141e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Anthony J. Midey
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, 29 Randolph Road, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts 01731-3010
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, 29 Randolph Road, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts 01731-3010
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, 29 Randolph Road, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts 01731-3010
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, 29 Randolph Road, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts 01731-3010
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Milligan DB, Wilson PF, Freeman CG, Meot-Ner M, McEwan MJ. Dissociative Proton Transfer Reactions of H3+, N2H+, and H3O+ with Acyclic, Cyclic, and Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Nitrogen Compounds, and Astrochemical Implications. J Phys Chem A 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/jp014659i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Daniel B. Milligan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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Smith D, Spanel P, Thompson JM, Rajan B, Cocker J, Rolfe P. The Selected Ion Flow Tube Method for Workplace Analyses of Trace Gases in Air and Breath: Its Scope, Validation, and Applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1080/1047322x.1998.10389161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Arnold ST, Viggiano AA, Morris RA. Rate Constants and Product Branching Fractions for the Reactions of H3O+ and NO+ with C2−C12 Alkanes. J Phys Chem A 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9815457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Susan T. Arnold
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate (VSBP), 29 Randolph Road, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts 01731-3010
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate (VSBP), 29 Randolph Road, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts 01731-3010
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate (VSBP), 29 Randolph Road, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts 01731-3010
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Španěl P, Smith D. SIFT studies of the reactions of H3O+, NO+ and O2+ with several ethers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1176(97)00277-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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SIFT studies of the reactions of H3O+, NO+ and O+2 with a series of volatile carboxylic acids and esters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1176(97)00246-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Spanel P, Smith D. SIFT studies of the reactions of H3O+, NO+ and O2+ with a series of alcohols. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1176(97)00085-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Španěl P, Ji Y, Smith D. SIFT studies of the reactions of H3O+, NO+ and O2+ with a series of aldehydes and ketones. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1176(97)00166-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Davies S, Spanel P, Smith D. Quantitative analysis of ammonia on the breath of patients in end-stage renal failure. Kidney Int 1997; 52:223-8. [PMID: 9211367 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1997.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- S Davies
- Department of Renal Medicine, North Staffordshire Hospitals, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
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Spanĕl P, Smith D. Selected ion flow tube: a technique for quantitative trace gas analysis of air and breath. Med Biol Eng Comput 1996; 34:409-19. [PMID: 9039741 DOI: 10.1007/bf02523843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The selected ion flow tube (SIFT) technique for trace gas analysis of air and breath is based on soft chemical ionisation of the trace gases to the exclusion of the major air and breath gases, in fast-flowing inert carrier gas, exploiting the ion-molecule reactions that occur between the trace gases and the pre selected precursor ions (H3O+, NO+ and O2+). The physics and ion chemistry involved in the SIFT technique are described, as are the kinetics of the ion-molecule reactions that are exploited to quantitatively analyse the trace gases. Fast on-line data-acquisition hardware and software have been developed to analyse the mass spectra obtained, from which partial pressures of the trace gases down to about 10 parts per billion can be measured. The time response of the instrument is 20 ms, allowing the profiles of the trace gas concentrations on breath to be obtained during a normal breathing cycle. Pilot results obtained with this SIFT technique include detection and quantification of the most abundant breath trace gases, analysis of cigarette smoke, detection of gases present on smokers' breath and accurate measurement of the partial pressures of NH3, NO and NO2 in air. The simultaneous analysis of several breath trace gases during a single exhalation is clearly demonstrated, and thus different elution times for isoprene and methanol along the respiratory tract are observed. This technique has great potential in many clinical and biological disciplines, and in health and safety monitoring.
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- P Spanĕl
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Hospital Centre, University of Keele, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, UK
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Smith D, Španěl P. Application of ion chemistry and the SIFT technique to the quantitative analysis of trace gases in air and on breath. INT REV PHYS CHEM 1996. [DOI: 10.1080/01442359609353183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Španěl P, Smith D. A selected ion flow tube study of the reactions of NO+and O+2ions with some organic molecules: The potential for trace gas analysis of air. J Chem Phys 1996. [DOI: 10.1063/1.470945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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