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Evaluating chlorine isotope effects from isotope ratios and mass spectra of polychlorinated molecules.
Anal. Chem. 80, 4731-4740 (2008)
Compound-specific chlorine isotope analysis receives much interest to assess the fate of chlorinated hydrocarbons in contaminated environments. This paper provides a theoretical basis to calculate isotope ratios and quantify isotope fractionation from ion-current ratios of molecular- and fragment-ion multiplets. Because both (35)Cl and (37)Cl are of high abundance, polychlorinated hydrocarbons consist of molecules containing different numbers of (37)Cl denoted as isotopologues. We show that, during reactions, the changes in isotopologue ratios are proportional to changes in the isotope ratio assuming a nonselective isotope distribution in the initial compound. This proportionality extents even to fragments formed in the ion source of a mass spectrometer such as C 2Cl 2 (double dechlorinated fragment of perchloroethylene, PCE). Fractionation factors and kinetic isotope effects (KIE) may, therefore, be evaluated from isotope, isotopologue or even fragment ratios according to conventional simple equations. The proportionality is exact with symmetric molecules such as dichloroethylene (DCE) and PCE, whereas it is approximately true with molecules containing nonreactive positions such as trichloroethylene (TCE). If in the latter case isotope ratios are derived from dechlorinated fragments, e.g., C 2HCl 2, it is important that fragmentation in the ion source affect all molecular positions alike, as otherwise isotopic changes in reactive positions may be underrepresented.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2008
HGF-Berichtsjahr
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0003-2700
e-ISSN
1520-6882
Zeitschrift
Analytical Chemistry
Quellenangaben
Band: 80,
Heft: 12,
Seiten: 4731-4740
Verlag
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Groundwater Ecology (IGOE)
PSP-Element(e)
G-550700-001
Erfassungsdatum
2008-07-11