Reactions in Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Apart from the endoergic dissociation reactions mentioned above, a variety of other reactions can also be accessed in tandem mass spectrometry. In many such reactions, collectively termed charge-permutation reactions, there is a change in the charge of the colliding species during the collision-activation step. Some of the reactions are discussed here. For further reading, an excellent review on the subject can be consulted [32]. 

Charge exchange Charge stripping Charge inversion  

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M. He and S. A. McLuckey, Charge permutation reactions in tandem mass spectrometry, 7. Mass Spectrom. 39, 1231-1259 (2004). 

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