Branched alkanes from ancient and modern sediments: Isomer discrimination by GC/MS with multiple reaction monitoring

Roger E. Summons

doi:10.1016/0146-6380(87)90039-8

Branched alkanes from ancient and modern sediments: Isomer discrimination by GC/MS with multiple reaction monitoring

Roger E. Summons^*

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Abstract

Linked scanning of a tandem sector mass spectrometer has been used to identify abundant, first field free region (FFR1) unimolecular fragmentations in branched and isoprenoid hydrocarbons. The most intense, structure-specific reactions were selected to establish multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) parameters for GC/MS analysis. This methodology has been used to study the identity of co-eluting and closely eluting hydrocarbon biomarkers from modern and ancient sediments anand from extant micro-organisms. Some sediments of Cambrian and Proterozoic age have been found to contain suites of monomethylalkanes with all possible isomers present and with little apparent preference for the site of branching.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	281-289
Number of pages	9
Journal	Organic Geochemistry
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0146-6380(87)90039-8
Publication status	Published - 1987

Keywords

ancient and modern sediments
biomarker hydrocarbons
branched alkanes
isoprenoids
methylalkanes
MRM
MS/MS
petroleum

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