Ammonium ion adduct molecules [M+NH
4]
+ that are produced in positive Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) ionization mass spectrometry were examined using a selected set of compounds. The [M+NH
4]
+/[M+H]
+ relative intensity ratio was dependent on the proton affinity (PA) of the compounds and ammonia (PA 846 kJ/mol). Ar-DART mass spectra of acetophenone (PA 850 kJ/mol) showed [M+D]
+ and [M+ND
4]
+ ions. This observation suggests that hydrogen-bonded complexes between an ammonium ion ND
4+ and an acetophenone molecule M initially formed an excited complex [M
****D
****ND
3]
+*, after which, some of the complexes then collapsed into [M+D]
+. These results indicate that the mechanism responsible for the formation of [M+NH
4]
+ ion under ammonia chemical ionization and DART ionization is similar irrespectively of the compound under investigation.
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