TABLE 1.

Characteristic signals in the mass spectrum of 3-nitroadipate dimethyl ester

Ion mass (m/z)		Intensity (%)	Molecular structure
Experimental	Theoretical		Ion	Structural interpretation
	219.0739		C8H13O6N	[M]+
188.0541	188.0556	21	C7H10O5N	[M-OCH3]+
170.0451	170.0451	12	C7H8O4N	[M-OCH3-H2O]+
141.0514	141.0549	53	C7H9O3	[M-OCH3-HNO2]+
128.0364	128.0346	12	C5H6O3N	[M-OCH3-HCO2CH3]+
113.0621	113.0600	52	C6H9O2	[M-CO2CH3-HNO2]+
109.0315	109.0288	28	C6H5O2	[M-OCH3-HOCH3-HNO2]+
81.0367	81.0339	25	C5H5O	[M-OCH3-HCO2CH3-HNO2]+
71.0515	71.0495	100	C4H7O	[C4H7O]+
59.0157	59.0132	60	C2H3O2	[CO2CH3]+