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. 2006 May 25;386(3):666–674. doi: 10.1007/s00216-006-0495-1

Table 1.

Characteristic fragmentation of selected sulfated products

Group No. Chemical name Abundance of characteristic ions in MS/MS (%)
m/z [M-80]- m/z 80 m/z 96 m/z 97
a 1 4-nitrocatechol sulfate 100a
2 L-ascorbic acid 2-sulfate 31a
3 Indoxyl sulfate 24a 52
4 4-nitrophenyl sulfate 100a
5 β-estradiol 3-sulfate 100a
6 5-Br-4-Cl-3-indolyl sulfate 47a 59
7 4-methylumbelliferyl sulfate 100a
b 8 2-aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate 100 18 67a
9 Poly (vinyl sulfate) 97a
10 D-glucose 6-sulfate 100a
11 Chondroitin disaccharide Δdi-6S 31a
12 N-acetylglucosamine 6-sulfate 93a
c 13 2-naphthalenemethanol, α-methyl- sulfate 6.7 7.3a 100
14 Benzyl sulfate 16 100a
15 (R)-1-phenyl-2-propen-1-sulfate 26 100a 12
16 4-Cl-2-methylbenzyl sulfate 100a 95
17 3-ethoxybenzyl sulfate 100 13a 6.4
18 2-ethoxybenzyl sulfate 100 17a 8.5
19 4-ethoxybenzyl sulfate 100 20a 8.7
20 crotyl sulfate 55 91a 50
21 furfuryl sulfate 53a 39
d 22 N-methyl-hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid 100 73a 9.2
23 N-isopropyl- hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid 68 100a 5.1
24 N-cyclohexyl-hydroxylamine-O-Sulfonic acid 27 100a 11
25 N,N-diethyl-hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid 92 100a 19
26 N-benzoyl-N-phenyl-hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid 100a
e 27 N-cyclohexylsulfamic acid 100a
28 4-methylphenyl-Sulfamic acid 100a
29 3-hydroxypropyl-sulfamic acid 100a
30 D-glucosamine 2-sulfate 100a
31 butyl-sulfamic acid 100a
32 (R)(+)-α-phenethylsulfamic acid 100a

*A threshold of 5.0% is used for the relative abundance of characteristic ions. The long dash (–) means that the characteristic ion can not be detected or the relative abundance is below 5.0%

aRepresents the specific characteristic ion of each group that can help to identify the sulfation site