Fig. 1.
Overview of 4-BNMA derivatization scheme. Simplified 4-BNMA derivatization of generic carboxylic acid is shown on the left. Dotted line represents location of fragmentation in MRM analysis. The right depicts the ESI + precursor M + H isotope patterns for representative doublet from a mono-(pyruvate), triplet from a di-(fumarate) and quartet from a tri-(citrate) 4-BNMA derivatized carboxylic acid and the isotope pattern from the highest intensity product ion signal resulting from a resonance stabilized ion fragment from 4-BNMA