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Offline Babcock_Hall

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We synthesized a simple sulfonyl ketone which gave good NMR data.  When we ran LC-MS (ESI), we saw a peak at M+20.  The paper upon which our synthesis is based used EI.  I thought about hydration of the ketone, but that did not seem to explain it.  Maybe an adduct of some kind?

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Re: Unexplained results in the mass spectrometry of a sulfonyl ketone
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2024, 02:51:14 PM »
If both carbon and proton-NMR is OK I would not worry. Is this a new set of compounds? Ketones?

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Re: Unexplained results in the mass spectrometry of a sulfonyl ketone
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2024, 03:54:39 PM »
If a reviewer is OK with the result, then I will not worry further.

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Re: Unexplained results in the mass spectrometry of a sulfonyl ketone
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2024, 04:48:31 PM »
Can you post a photo of the mass spectrum in the molecular ion region?
Say Mol. Wt plus/minus 50 amu.

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Re: Unexplained results in the mass spectrometry of a sulfonyl ketone
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2024, 05:23:29 PM »
The software is a bit unfriendly, and this will take some time, but I will try.

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Re: Unexplained results in the mass spectrometry of a sulfonyl ketone
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2024, 07:52:42 PM »
Don't spend long on it.

A hand-drawn sketch would be ok, as long as the relative peak intensities are about right.

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