A personal mass spectral data base has been constructed for 2281 C
nH
lO
1 compounds through the extraction from EPA/NIH MSDB.
Base peak distributions were examined for the data base and found almost the same as that of the hydrocarbon compounds, except for the several base peak values such as
m/z 31, 45, 59, 73, 87 and others, which are all characteristic base peaks for alcohols and ethers.
It was also found that a clear correlation does exist between the structures (m-value) and the
m/z values having their intensities higher than 10% of that of the base peaks when the C
nH
lO
1 compounds were represented as C
nH
2n-mO
1.
Each base peak has usually the largest population at a specific m-value and then the base peak can be classified to several groups according to the same specific m-values. Furthermore, chemical formula for the base peak ions in this grouping were inferred to be C
nH
l+, but not C
nH
lO
1+, when m
* in C
nH
2n-m*O
1 is equated to m-4 in case of m≧2.
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