Abstract
Fragmentation processes of molecular-related ions M+· and [M-H]- of phenolic endocrine disruptors, 4-n-octylphenol, 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-butyl)phenol, and 4-(1-ethyl-1-methyl-butyl)phenol, which are octylphenol isomers, have been studied using high- and low-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID) mass spectrometry. The product ion spectra revealed the isomeric structures of octyl group C8H17 found in CID studies of both precursor ions, M+· and [M-H]-. The high-energy CID spectra of the deprotonated molecules [M-H]- were compared with the corresponding low-energy CID spectra. Although the fragmentation pattern of low-energy CID differed markedly from that of high-energy CID, both product ion spectra were useful in identifying the isomeric structures of the octyl group. The negative-ion products from the precursor [M-H]- could be explained by two mechanisms with homolytic cleavage, called charge-remote fragmentation (CRF), while the positive-ion products from M+· were understood as homolytic radical-initiated fragmentation (RIF) and heterolytic charge-initiated fragmentation (CIF).
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