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. 2019 May 4;24(9):1738. doi: 10.3390/molecules24091738

Table 3.

MS/MS fragments (collision energy 5 ev) and proposed assignment.

Compound Rt (min) Characteristic Fragmentation Ions (m/z) Molecular Formula Error (ppm) Assignment
and Relative Abundances
Me1 1.9 [127→]:
127.0395 (10.08)
C6H7O3 −3.97 HMF
109.0290 (100.00) C6H5O2 −5.23
81.0347 (47.96) C5H5O −14.99
53.0405 (22.77) C4H5 −36.64
[109→]*:
109.0285 (100.00)
C6H5O2 −0.86
81.0343 (96.52) C5H5O −9.98
53.0398 (80.58) C4H5 −23.07
Me2 [141→]:
141.0545 (26.14)
C7H9O3 0.66 Methoxy-
109.0285 (100.00) C6H5O2 −0.96 dihydrofuro-furan
81.0343 (32.01) C5H5O −9.72
53.0399 (15.55) C4H5 −24.68
Et1 1.66 [127→]:
127.0389 (38.43)
C6H7O3 0.49 HMF
109.0290 (100.00) C6H5O2 −5.75
81.0346 (51.82) C5H5O −13.75
53.0402 (19.61) C4H5 −30.57
[109→]*:
109.0299 (82.29)
C6H5O2 −13.38
81.0346 (100.00) C5H5O −13.77
53.0410 (50.08) C4H5 −46.38
Et2 7.18 [155→]:
155.0701 (28.25)
C8H11O3 0.92 Ethoxy-
109.0285 (100.00) C6H5O2 −1.28 dihydrofuro-furan
81.0339 (28.73) C5H5O −10.62
53.0398 (7.65) C4H5 −22.33
iPr2 9.9 [169→]:
169.0864 (57.32)
C9H13O3 −2.97 Isopropoxy-
109.0285 (100.00) C6H5O2 −0.94 dihydrofuro-furan
81.0338 (24.72) C5H5O −4.25
53.0404 (5.19) C4H5 −34.02
Standard Compounds
2,5-HMF 1.91 [127→]:
127.0394 (27.64)
C6H7O3 −3.63
109.0289 (100.00) C6H5O2 −4.74
81.0347 (44.59) C5H5O −14.63
53.0404 (20.76) C4H5 −34.85
[109→]*:
109.0292 (100.00)
C6H5O2 −7.02
81.0348 (87.99) C5H5O −16.19
53.0403 (83.09) C4H5 −32.78
Ethyl-2-furoate 10.39 [141→]:
141.0535 (42.94)
C7H9O3 7.67
113.0233 (100.00) C5H5O3 0.42
95.0130 (99.29) C5H5O2 −2.63
Propyl-2-furoate 11.38 [155→]:
155.0712 (12.54)
C8H11O3 −6.13
113.0233 (100.00) C5H5O3 0.25
95.0142 (53.88) C5H5O2 −14.94

* unstable ion; HMF: Hydroxymethyl-furaldehyde.