Thanks to the diminishing size and cost of mass spectrometers, coupled with their increasing robustness and ease of use, universities are now starting to furnish their undergraduate chemistry laboratories with this advanced analytic tool.
“My favorite learning environment is the laboratory,” explains Paul A. Flowers, professor of analytical chemistry at University of North Carolina at Pembroke. “I like teaching students fundamentals through bona fide research experiences.” Flowers began using mass spectrometry in the teaching laboratory about six years ago and hasn’t looked back.
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A new type of mass spectrum: the Delta Spectrum (ΔS). The patented ΔS is able to look beyond chemical noise and automatically detect even the smallest peaks without knowing the m/z.
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J. S. Hanas, J. R. Hocker, G. Ramajayam, V. Prabhakaran, V. Rajshekhar, A. Oommen, J. J. Manoj, M. P. Anderson, D. A. Drevets, H. Carabin
Neurocysticercosis is associated with epilepsy in pig-raising communities with poor sanitation. Current internationally recognized diagnostic guidelines for neurocysticercosis rely on brain imaging, a technology that is frequently not available or not accessible in areas endemic for neurocysticercosis. Minimally invasive and low-cost aids for diagnosing neurocysticercosis epilepsy could improve treatment of neurocysticercosis. The goal of this study was to test the extent to which patients with neurocysticercosis epilepsy, epilepsy of unknown etiology, idiopathic headaches and among different types of neurocysticercosis lesions could be distinguished from each other based on serum mass profiling. For this, we collected sera from patients with neurocysticercosis-associated epilepsy, epilepsy of unknown etiology, recovered neurocysticercosis, and idiopathic headaches then performed binary group comparisons among them using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. A leave one [serum sample] out cross validation procedure was employed to analyze spectral data. Sera from neurocysticercosis patients was distinguished from epilepsy of unknown etiology patients with a p-value of 10-28. This distinction was lost when samples were randomized to either group (p-value = 0.22). Similarly, binary comparisons of patients with neurocysticercosis who has different types of lesions showed that different forms of this disease were also distinguishable from one another. These results suggest neurocysticercosis epilepsy can be distinguished from epilepsy of unknown etiology based on biomolecular differences in sera detected by mass profiling.
The MS analysis was carried out using the Advion expression CMS.
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University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Christian Medical College
Abstract
Minimally invasive and low-cost aids for diagnosing neurocysticercosis epilepsy could improve treatment of neurocysticercosis.
The goal of this study was to test the extent to which patients with neurocysticercosis epilepsy, epilepsy of unknown etiology, idiopathic headaches and among different types of neurocysticercosis lesions could be distinguished from each other based on serum mass profiling.
The results from this study suggest neurocysticercosis epilepsy can be distinguished from epilepsy of unknown etiology based on biomolecular differences in sera detected by mass profiling.
Samples were analyzed by ESI source on the Advion expression® Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS) and the data analyze using the Advion Data Express software.
Toluene-assisted APCI (TAPCI) can generate (M)+· and (M+H)+ ions from analytes that cannot be ionized by ESI or APCI.
Elemental formula prediction at 250 ppm accuracy and isotope distribution matching by TAMI (Tal Aviv Molecule Identifier) supports analyte identification.
Combining both TAPCI and TAMI on the expression compact mass spectrometer (CMS) provides a cost-effective analysis platform for a wide range of compounds.
INTRODUCTION
Many compounds in organic synthetic chemistry either have no functional group, a C=O carbonyl group, or protected functional groups and are difficult to ionize by ESI or APCI for detection by mass spectrometry. TAPCI has been shown to ionize compounds to (M)+· and (M+H)+ protonated molecules not accessible by ESI or APCI MS analysis. The ionization is believed to include a charge transfer reaction in the APCI plasma region of the source. Elemental formula prediction using TAMI allows analyte identification on a single quadrupole mass spectrometer with mass accuracy in the 250 ppm range, isotope pattern analysis and auto comparison to NIST databases. Here, we investigate the use of both techniques on the expression CMS as an attractive and cost-effective solution for analyte identification covering an increased compound space.
Maria Baskin, Natalia Fridman, Monica Kosa,Galia Maayan
We describe the construction of synthetically challenging heteroleptic complexes by capitalizing on the solubility properties of their corresponding favored homoleptic complexes. We demonstrate that the formation of a heteroleptic Cu2+ complex based on 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine (Terpy) and 8-hydroxyquinoline (HQ) is not possible due to the insolubility of (HQ)2Cu2+. Replacing HQ with 8-hydroxy-2-quinolinecarbonitrile (HQCN) enabled the solubility of (HQCN)2Cu2+ in acetonitrile, leading to the formation of the heteroleptic complex Terpy(HQCN)Cu2+, TQCu.Applying these conditions to the synthesis of the corresponding heteroleptic Co2+ complex resulted in TerpyCo2+(acetate)2, which is insoluble in acetonitrile. Upon changing the solvent to methanol, the carbonitrile group of HQCN was converted to carboxyimidate HQOMe yielding a heteroleptic complex Terpy(HQOMe)Co2+, TQ′Co. Using this method, we also generated the heteroleptic complex TQ′Ni and the polynuclear heteroleptic complex Q′4Q′′2Mn4 (Q′′ = HQO2Me). Detailed analysis of the complexes included characterization by X-ray diffraction, EPR, UV-Vis, high resolution ESI MS, DFT calculations and electrochemistry. X-ray analysis of TQCu revealed distorted square pyramidal geometry, while TQ′Co and TQ′Ni exhibit distorted octahedral geometry, which includes metal coordination via the carboxyimidate nitrogen site. Interestingly, Q′4Q′′2Mn4 was found to contain a [MnII4(μ3-O)2(μ2-O)4N10]2+ core, which adopts a distorted octahedral geometry, and two types of HQ chelators. Thus, Q′4Q′′2Mn4 is also heteroleptic even though it does not contain a Terpy ligand. Solution studies revealed that while TQCu is stable in solution, TQ′Co and TQ′Ni go through ligand exchange and are partially converted to their corresponding homoleptic complexes. Based on these data we could propose a mechanism for the formation of TQ′Co and TQ′Ni and show that TQ′Co can be prepared directly from Terpy and HQOMe.
The MS analysis was carried out using Advion Expression® CMS ESI.
CN-modified host materials, 9-(2-(9-phenyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole-3-carbonitrile (o-CzCN) and 9-(3-(9-phenyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole-3-carbonitrile (m-CzCN), which can improve the external quantum efficiency and lifetime of both blue phosphorescent and thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) emitters were developed. A molecular design approach to stabilize the molecular structure and reduce the energy gap produced two high triplet energy host materials of o-CzCN and m-CzCN compatible with the phosphorescent and TADF emitters. The new host materials lowered operation voltage, increased quantum efficiency, and elongated lifetime of both phosphorescent and TADF devices.
The MS analysis was carried out using Advion Expression® CMS.
Bring mass spectrometry into your classroom for remote or on-site learning with a training course for the expression® Compact Mass Spectrometer (CMS).
CN-modified host materials, 9-(2-(9-phenyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole-3-carbonitrile (o-CzCN) and 9-(3-(9-phenyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole-3-carbonitrile (m-CzCN), which can improve the external quantum efficiency and lifetime of both blue phosphorescent and thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) emitters were developed. A molecular design approach to stabilize the molecular structure and reduce the energy gap produced two high triplet energy host materials of o-CzCN and m-CzCN compatible with the phosphorescent and TADF emitters. The new host materials lowered operation voltage, increased quantum efficiency, and elongated lifetime of both phosphorescent and TADF devices.