Ion—Molecule reactions of environmentally significant organotin compounds in a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer system

Abstract

AbstractTandem MS techniques have been used to examine the formation of cluster ions derived from organotin compounds of environmental significance. The cluster formation was based on the addition of either water or methanol molecules (common HPLC solvents) to a cationic species derived from the organotin compound. For the compounds and conditions studied, cluster adducts were only observed from trisubstituted tin cations. The results show that, in high‐pressure ionization methods used in the interface between HPLC and MS, the tin atom may be associated with a range of ions depending on the system parameters, and that care should be taken if selection ion monitoring (SIM) is to be used.