Electron capture dissociation
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Electron capture dissociation (ECD) |
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| Process in which multiply protonated molecules interact with low-energy electrons followed by fragmentation. The capture of an electron by the even-electron cation [M + nH]n+ liberates energy and reduces its charge state, thus producing the corresponding [M + nH](n-1)+• odd-electron ion, which readily fragments. |
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| Reference(s):
R. A. Zubarev, N. L. Kelleher, F. W. McLafferty. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120, 3265 (1998). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja973478k ) |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
