Identification of compound classes in soil and peat fulvic acids as observed by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.
Soil and peat fulvic acids obtained from the International Humic Substances Society were fractionated by their solubility in methanol and analyzed by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Precursor and product ion experiments produced mass spectra that indicated the presence of benzene, phenol, dihydroxy benzene, furan and thiophene carboxylic acids. Standards were used to substantiate the fragmentation patterns observed in the product ion spectra of the fulvic acid samples. This study makes significant progress into the direct identification of individual compounds in humic substances using a non-degradation technique.
Department of Chemistry, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, N.S.W., 2109, Australia.
Cameron
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McIntyre
Christopher
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McRae
Daniel
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Jardine
Barry D
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Batts
D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D000432:Methanol; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis*; D012995:Solubility; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
D001578:Benzopyrans; D012987:Soil; C005023:fulvic acid; D000432:Methanol