PTR-SRI-ToF-MS analysis of aroma compounds: influence of drift tube E/N ratio on sensitivity and fragmentattion

Livre ISBN-13 : 978-3-902811-91-2; International audience; The aim of this work was to compare detection and fragmentation patterns of aroma compounds obtained with three different precursor ions and several E/N source parameter values with the proton transfer reaction (PTR-MS) methodology. The reactant ions H3O+, NO+ and O2+. were generated in a Switchable Reagent Ions (SRI) source of a PTR-ToF-MS (Ionicon 8000, Innsbruck, Austria). Precursor ions plasmas were characterized at different E/N ratio in the drift tube. For proton transfer reaction, the hydronium primary ion was the most abundant ion (> 80%) for all E/N ratios above 120 Td, but the sensitivity decreased quickly with the highest…