Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 283, Issue 1-3, Pages 214-221Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2009.03.014
Keywords
Mass spectrometry; Gas-phase ion structure; IR Photodissociation spectroscopy; Electrospray ionization; Cytosine
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- European Commission [15637]
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The tautomerism of the gaseous protonated cytosine is studied using infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy of singly hydrated complexes of protonated cytosine in the 2700-3750 cm(-1) wavenumber range. The hydrated complexes are formed through argon-mediated collisions between bare electrosprayed cytosine and low-pressure water vapor. In the spectra, where X-H (X=C, O, and N) stretching vibrations are probed, evidence is found for the coexistence in the gas phase of hydrated complexes of two different cytosine tautomers. As the addition of a water molecule to either tautomer of protonated cytosine is energetically highly unlikely to induce interconversion, it is deduced that both C(2)=O and N(3) protonated tautomers of cytosine are formed under electrospray conditions. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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