Reaction monitoring analyses

SIM (selected ion monitoring)/MID (multiple ion detection) or SRM (selected reaction monitoring)/MRM (multiple reaction monitoring) analyses give a chromatogram in the same way but no mass spectrum is retrievable. The TIC in this case is composed of the intensities of the selected ions. Analyses, where switching from individual masses to fixed retention times is planned, often show clear jumps in the base line (see Figure 2.162). 

In this context it is important to note that the detection of this land of alkali cation impurity in ionic liquids is not easy with traditional methods for reaction monitoring in ionic liquid synthesis (such as conventional NMR spectroscopy). More specialized procedures are required to quantify the amount of alkali ions in the ionic liquid or the quantitative ratio of organic cation to anion. Quantitative ion chromatography is probably the most powerful tool for this kind of quality analysis. 

The TBDMS ether was dissolved in MeCN containing 5-30% of aqueous HF (40%), and the course of the reaction monitored by direct t.l.c. analysis. When deprotection was complete, chloroform and water were added. Normal isolation procedures then gave the free alcohol. 

Figure 5.58 Reconstructed LC-MS-MS ion chromatograms for selected-reaction monitoring of methoxyfenozide using the m/z 367 to m/z 149 transition from the continual post-column infusion of a standard solution of analyte during the HPLC analysis of a...

Figure 5.64 LC-UV and LC-MS-MS (multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM)) traces from the analysis of a synthetic mixture of four native and five oxidized deoxynucleosides (for nomenclature, see text). Reprinted by permission of Elsevier Science from Comparison of negative- and positive-ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry for the liquid chromalography-landem mass speclrometry analysis of oxidized deoxynucleosides , by Hua, Y., Wainhaus, S. B., Yang, Y., Shen, L., Xiong, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, F., Bolton, J. L. and van Breemen, R. B., Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 12, pp. 80-87, Copyrighl 2000 by Ihe American Society for Mass Spectrometry.

Tian, Q. et al., Screening for anthocyanins using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry with precursor-ion analysis, product-ion analysis, common-neutral-loss analysis, and selected reaction monitoring, J. Chromatogr. A, 1091, 72, 2005. 

Once the analyte has been identified and characterized, it is possible to determine its quantity. This is important information in a lot of fields and in cultural heritage in particular. There are specific experimental set-ups for quantitative analysis, such as selected ion monitoring (SIM) and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). By considering that MS is highly sensitive, it is possible to carry out quantitative determinations of compounds at trace level.[7,8]... 

The software tools accompanying the QTRAP MS/MS allow set-up of multiple selected reaction monitoring (SRM) transitions for all likely metabolites after the major product ion transitions for the dosed compound are known. Because QTRAP MS/MS can monitor up to 100 SRM transitions during a single assay, the SRM transitions required for quantitation of the dosed compound and internal standard are obtained along with the possible metabolite transitions. During sample analysis, when a possible metabolite transition exceeds a preset threshold value, the QTRAP MS/MS performs an enhanced product ion (EPI) scan. When the assay is complete, the EPI scans can be used to determine whether the hits are metabolites, and if they are metabolites, what part of the molecule has changed. Thus, one analytical run provides both quantitative and metabolite information. 

Other recent applications of FT-IR in pharmaceutical analysis include reaction monitoring by fiberoptic FT-IR/ATR spectroscopy140 and stability studies of pharmaceutical emulsions using FT-IR microscopy.141 A novel equipment cleaning verification procedure using grazing angle fiberoptic FT-IR reflection-absorption spectroscopy was described by Perston et al.142... 

In contrast, spectroscopic and crystal structure analysis indicates that nucleophilic attack of hydride on 72 occurs on the face of the ligand which is coordinated to the metal (Scheme 17). No intermediate species could be detected for this latter reaction. Monitoring of the reduction of the rhenium analog 74 with sodium borohydride indicated the intermediacy of a rhenium formyl complex 75, presumably formed by attack on a coordinated carbon monoxide. Signals for 75 eventually disappear and are replaced by those of the (diene)rhenium product 76 (Scheme 18)95. 

Moritz, T. Olsen, J.E. Comparison Between High-Resolution Selected Ion Monitoring, Selected Reaction Monitoring, and Four-Sector Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Quantitative Analysis of Gib-berellins in Milligram Amounts of Plant Tissue. Anal. Chem. 1995, 67, 1711-1716. 

LC/MS/MS with selected reaction monitoring (SRM) offers a fast and simple means to analyze biological matrices, which is a key factor in high-throughput CYP inhibition screens using liver microsomes. Potentially, the LC/MS/MS technique is suitable for analyses of cocktail substrates in other in vitro drug metabolism evaluations such as CYP induction/activation assays, rapid analysis of pooled liver microsomes, rapid reaction phenotyping of tissue (hepatic and extrahepatic) samples, as well as evaluation of hepatocytes/tissue slice CYP activity. ° ... 

FT-IR microspectroscopy is a new nondestructive, fast and rehable technique for solid-phase reaction monitoring. It is the most powerful of the currently available IR methods as it usually requires only a single bead for analysis, thus it is referred to as single bead FT-IR [166]. (See also Chapter 12 for further details). The high sensitivity of the FT-IR microscope is achieved thanks to the use of an expensive liquid nitrogen-cooled mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) detector. Despite the high cost of the instrument, this technique should become more widely used in the future as it represents the most convenient real-time reaction monitoring tool in SPOS [166, 167]. 

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