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Elucidating the Mass Spectrum of the Retronecine Alkaloid Using DFT Calculations

Elucidating the Mass Spectrum of the Retronecine Alkaloid Using DFT Calculations

Lucas Modesto-Costa, Sabrina T Martinez, Angelo C Pinto, Ricardo Vessecchi, Itamar Borges Jr

J Mass Spectrom. 2018 Oct;53(10):934-941.

PMID: 29935494

Abstract:

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are natural molecules playing important roles in different biochemical processes in nature and in humans. In this work, the electron ionization mass spectrum of retronecine, an alkaloid molecule found in plants, was investigated computationally. Its mass spectrum can be characterized by three main fragment ions having the following m/z ratios: 111, 94, and 80. In order to rationalize the mass spectrum, minima and transition state geometries were computed using density functional theory. It was showed that the dissociation process includes an aromatization of the originally five-membered ring of retronecine converted into a six-membered ring compound. A fragmentation pathway mechanism involving dissociation activation barriers that are easily overcome by the initial ionization energy was found. From the computed quantum chemical geometric, atomic charges, and energetic parameters, the abundance of each ion in the mass spectrum of retronecine was discussed.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP480853	Retronecine		480-85-3	Price

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