FIGURE 5.
Tandem mass spectrometry of the open-chain nitrile. A, positive ESI tandem MS of the unsaturated open-chain nitrile ion described in Fig. 4 (m/z of 278 corresponding to [M+Na]+) generated two fragments with m/z values of 170 and 131. B, structure of precursor unsaturated open-chain nitrile ion (278) and fragment peaks after positive ESI. C, negative ESI tandem MS of the m/z 254 [M-H]+ precursor ion generated several peaks. D, structure of precursor and fragment peaks following negative ESI.