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A series of nitrogen- and phosphorus-containing pesticides (amines, anilides, carbamates, phosphonates, phenylureas, sulfonylureas, and triazines) was examined by thermospray (TSP) ionization. A method is described that employs off-line and on-line solid-phase extraction and TSP liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) with time-scheduled selected ion monitoring (SIM) for environmental monitoring of these pesticides in aqueous samples. SIM detection limits for the pesticides analyzed in conjunction with reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography range from 40 to 600 pg. In addition, methods for inducing fragmentation in thermospray LC-MS are presented. The structural information gained therefrom can be used to confirm a tentative identification. Therefore, fragmentation pathways under certain experimental conditions were investigated. Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization, electrospray, fast-atom bombardment, 252Cf plasma desorption, and collision-activated dissociation spectra are presented for several pesticides to confirm the proposed pathways and to gain additional and complementary information. Further confirmation may be achieved by postcolumn addition of different alkylated amines to the carrier stream in the TSP operation to induce postcolumn on-line derivatization (POD) reactions in the condensed phase of the vaporizer probe with selected pesticides. Additional clustering reactions in combination with solvent-mediated chemical ionization are observed by the POD technique. Both processes can be used to enhance the structural information from TSP spectra and thus the specificity of the method.
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Volmer, D., Levsen, K. Mass spectrometric analysis of nitrogen- and phosphorus-containing pesticides by liquid chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 5, 655–675 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(94)85007-0
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