Fragmentation pathways of eight nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (BPs) investigated by ESI-MSn in negative ion mode
作者:Zhibo Qu、Xiaolan Chen、Chen Qu、Lingbo Qu、Jinwei Yuan、Donghui Wei、Huina Li、Xiaoying Huang、Yuqin Jiang、Yufen Zhao
DOI:10.1016/j.ijms.2010.07.017
日期:2010.7
Fragmentation pathways of eight nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (BPs), including Pamidronate, Alendronate, and five corresponding acylated derivatives, and Risedronate, were investigated by electro-spray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) in conjunction with tandem mass spectrometry in negative ion mode. Characteristic fragment ions involved were formed by successive loss of water molecules, including alpha, beta-unsaturated product ions formed by dehydration of the alpha-hydroxyl group and beta-hydrogen, cyclic ions with P-O-P four-membered rings formed by dehydration of the two -OH groups attached to two phosphorus atoms, and cyclic phosphoramide ions with five- or six-membered rings formed by loss of water via an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction, in which -NH2 (or -NH-) group on gamma or 8 carbon acted as the nucleophile to attack phosphorus atom of P=O group at the initial stage. Another notable characteristic product ion [HP2O5](-) at m/z 143, shown by all eight ESL-MS2 spectra, is a diagnostic ion of bisphosphonate group, formed from the four-membered ring ion containing P-O-P. Some additional fragmentation ions were produced from chloroacetyl Alendronate, chloroacetyl Pamidronate, and Risedronate containing triple bond ions, formed by loss of water from the corresponding enol anions. The hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange experiment, theoretical calculations, and the high-resolution mass spectrometry were appropriately employed to rationalize the proposed fragmentation pathways. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.