title: Kinetic and thermodynamic control of protonation in atmospheric pressure chemical ionization.
abstract: For p-(dimethylamino)chalcone (p-DMAC), the N atom is the most basic site in the liquid phase, whereas the O atom possesses the highest proton affinity in the gas phase. A novel and interesting observation is reported that the N- and O-protonated p-DMAC can be competitively produced in atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) with the change of solvents and ionization conditions. In neat methanol or acetonitrile, the protonation is always under thermodynamic control to form the O-protonated ion. When methanol/water or acetonitrile/water was used as the solvent, the protonation is kinetically controlled to form the N-protonated ion under conditions of relatively high infusion rate and high concentration of water in the mixed solvent. The regioselectivity of protonation of p-DMAC in APCI is probably attributed to the bulky solvent cluster reagent ions (S(n)H(+)) and the analyte having different preferred protonation sites in the liquid phase and gas phase.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
authors: Yunfeng
authors: Y
authors: Chai
authors: Nan
authors: N
authors: Hu
authors: Yuanjiang
authors: Y
authors: Pan
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