LC/MS Unknown Identifications Using MSMS Libraries Part VI: MS Interpreter Correlation of Substructure to MSMS Ions
Mass Spec Interpretation Services/James Little: MS Interpreter Correlation of Substructure to MSMS Ions
MS/MS (Tandem) spectra can be used to identify unknowns employing library searches. This is accomplished in much the same approach as that employed for EI GC-MS with the NIST search software. The much improved NIST Search Version 2.4 is included with the 2020 library release.
I will attempt to introduce the user to the use of the NIST Version 2.4 search software employing NIST, Wiley, “crowd-sourced (MoNA)”, and user libraries for the identification of unknowns.
NIST has an ambitious program to extend their already comprehensive, high-quality MS/MS databases.
See the following link: NIST Pipeline for Extending MS/MS Libraries
This involves a very comprehensive process for selecting pertinent compounds for purchase and subsequent analyses. The problem with variability of the spectra is reduced by analyzing the samples on a variety of instruments at a variety of energy levels (20 steps). In addition, many different precursor ions and fragment ions are characterized (MSⁿ). This has already led to a very large high quality library of accurate mass MS/MS spectra in the 2020 release version (31K compounds/1.3 M spectra) and the effort is ongoing.
The Part VI will cover:
Detailed Handouts including tables of content are available in the LabRulezLCMS library.
- Introduction of Presenter, James Little
- Table of Contents
- Series Topics
- Help Files for NIST Search
- NIST Software in General is “Windows Compliant”
- Session Topics
- Adding a Structure to a Spectrum
- Sending Spectrum with Structure to MS Interpereter
- Processing Data in MS Interpreter
- Suggested Default Settings
- Displaying the Propose Substructures Correlated to Ions
- Stepping through More Than One Proposed Structure
- Lassoing Structures Manually
- Processing Any Entry in NIST Search with structure/spectrum
- Direct Structure Paste in MS Interpreter
- Processing MS/MS Spectra Containing Isotopic Clusters
- Live YouTube Demonstration
- References with Internet Links
- Acknowledgements
Future parts will focus on:
- Part VII: Using and Creating Other MSMS Libraries
- Part VIII: Identification of Unknowns with “Spectraless” Libraries
The past sections have focused on:
