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Rearrangements of transient neutral molecules in the gas phase. Does the conversion of CCCHO to HCCCO involve oxygen or hydrogen migration?

Khoa M. Tran, Andrew M. McAnoy and John H. Bowie^*
Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005. E- mail: john.bowie@adelaide.edu.au

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A Comparative Study of the Collision Induced Dissociation and the Electron Capture Dissociation of Model Peptides Using ESI-FTMS

Y.M. Eva Fung, Lifang Duan and T.-W. Dominic Chan^*
Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

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Liquid injection field desorption ionization: a new tool for soft ionization of samples including air sensitive catalysts and non-polar hydrocarbons

H. Bernhard Linden
Linden CMS GmbH, Auf dem Berge 25, D-28844 Leeste, Germany. E-mail: linden@fdms.de

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High detection sensitivity achieved with cryogenic detectors in combination with matrix-assisted laser desorption / ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry

P. Christ,^* S. Rutzinger, W. Seidel, S. Uchaikin and F. Pröbst
Max Planck Institut für Physik, Föhringer Ring 6, 80805 München, Germany. E-mail: christ@mppmu.mpg.de
C. Koy and M.O. Glocker
Proteome Center Rostock, Joachim-Jungius-Str. 9, 18059 Rostock, Germany

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The role of free electrons in MALDI: electron capture by molecules of α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid

S.A. Pshenichnyuk^* and N.L. Asfandiarov
Institute of Physics of Molecules and Crystals, Ufa Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, October Avenue 151, 450075 Ufa, Russia. E-mail: sapsh@anrb.ru

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Parameterising matrix-assisted laser desorption / ionization (MALDI): Effect of solvents and co-additives on analyte peak intensities

S. Bashir,^a,c* R. Mutter^b,d and P.J. Derrick^a
aInstitute of Mass Spectrometry and Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
^bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

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The abundances of fragment ions formed via skeletal rearrangements from 2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazoles and their theoretical calculated stabilities

Rafał Frański,^a,* Krystian Eitner,^a Grzegorz Schroeder^a and Oles P. Szwajka^b
aAdam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Chemistry, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780 Poznań, Poland
^bNational State University of Donetsk, Donetsk, Ukraine

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Mass spectrometry analysis of synthetically myristoylated peptides

Tsefang S. Chen, Jennifer D. Yoder, and Dennis E. Hruby^*
Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, 220 Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3804, USA. E-mail: hrubyd@science.oregonstate.edu

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Low pressure chemical ionization in ion trap mass spectrometry

Stéphane Bouchonnet,^* Danielle Libong and Michel Sablier
Département de Chimie des Mécanismes Réactionnels, Ecole Polytechnique, route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France. E- mail: stephane.bouchonnet@dcmr.polytechnique.fr

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Collision-induced dissociation of a series of ­coumarins studied by positive- and negative-ion electrospray triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry

Lidija Lerman, Andreja Čempuh Klonkay, Anita Filipović and Ivaylo Elenkov^*
Pliva, Research and Development, Zagreb, Croatia

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Structural reinvestigation of the core oligosaccharide of a mutant form of Aeromonas salmonicida lipopolysaccharide containing an O-4 phosphorylated and O-5 substituted Kdo reducing end group using electrospray QqTOF-MS/MS

Joseph Banoub,^1,2* Alejandro Cohen,² Anas El Aneed,² Vincent LeQuart³ and Patrick Martin^3
1Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science, Oceans and Environment Branch, Special Projects, PO Box 5667, St. John’s, NL A1C 5X1, Canada
²Memorial University of Newfoundland, Biochemistry Department, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
³IUT Bethune, Departement de Chimie, Université d’Artois, Bethune, France

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Review: Derivatization in mass spectrometry – 4. Formation of cyclic derivatives

Vladimir G. Zaikin
Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: zaikin@ips.ac.ru
John M. Halket
Drug Control Centre, King’s College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN, UK. E-mail: john.halket@kcl.ac.uk

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