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The recognition of heteroatoms as well as the determination of the sum formula is the basis for the determination of the structure of an unknown compound. Mass spectroscopy is an important method to obtain this information.
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Reichenbächer, M., Popp, J. (2012). Mass Spectrometry. In: Challenges in Molecular Structure Determination. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24390-5_1
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