title: Reduction of azides under conditions of desorption-chemical ionization or fast-atom-bombardment mass-spectrometry.
abstract: Under conditions of desorption-chemical ionization or fast-atom-bombardment mass-spectrometry, the azido groups in some carbohydrate derivatives and other substances undergo apparent reduction to amino groups. Experimental evidence is provided to corroborate the reduction, and possible explanations are proposed for the phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Peltier
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Szarek
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000032:analysis; D001386:Azides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001386:Azides; D006027:Glycosides; D000641:Ammonia