Abstract
Electrospray ionization of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) followed by separation with Fourier-transform mass spectrometry traps (PEG 100 + nH) n+ ions. Both collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) and electron capture dissociation (ECD) of these ions ( n = 5, 6, 7) produce PEG x fragment ions in which the x values correspond closely to those for an equal distribution of charges in the linear polymer ion, e.g., for n = 7, near x = 1, 17, 34, 50, 67, 83, and 100. However, positions intermediate between these charges should represent the maximum coulombic repulsion, so this is not a specific driving force for fragmentation, which is instead consistent with charge site (CAD) or radical site (ECD) initiation. These conclusions were confirmed by studies of a variety of other poly(alkene glycol) polymers. For these, the ECD spectra of the protonated species are consistent with the predicted charge solvation by the ion’s oxygen atoms.
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