Psychological Symptoms and Well-Being After Treatment for Primary Aldosteronism.

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is an increasingly identified cause of secondary hypertension. PA can be caused by an aldosterone-producing adenoma or by bilateral adrenal hyperplasia, generally treated by adrenalectomy or mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, respectively. Recent studies suggest that PA is associated with more psychological symptoms and lower levels of well-being.

Interaction of metal cations with functionalised hydrocarbons in the gas phase: further experimental evidence for solvation of metal ions by the hydrocarbon chain.

Relative affinity measurements of monovalent metal ions (= Li(+), Cu(+) and Ag(+)) towards aliphatic amines, alcohols and methyl alkanoates (P) have been performed using the kinetic method on the dissociation of metal bound dimer ions of the type P(1)-M(+)-P(2). It was found that the cations' affinity towards long chain (≥C(4) chain length) n- and s-alkylamines, n-alkanols and methyl n- alkanoates was unexpectedly enhanced. This is attributed to a bidentate interaction of the metal ion with the amine, alcohol or ester functional group and the aliphatic chain, paralleling earlier observations on metal bound nitriles.

Interaction of metal cations with alkylnitriles in the gas phase: solvation of metal ions by the hydrocarbon chain.

Relative affinity measurements of monovalent metal ions (M = Li(+), Na(+), Cu(+)and Ag(+)) toward aliphatic nitriles have been performed using the kinetic method by dissociation of metal bound dimer ions of the type R1C≡N-M(+)-N≡CR(2). It is found, particularly for Cu(+) and Ag(+), that the affinity towards nitriles having long chains (>C(6)) is markedly enhanced. This is attributed to a bidentate interaction of the metal ion with the nitrile moiety and the aliphatic chain.

Generation and Dissociation of RCOOCaCl and other Carboxylate-Substituted Superhalogens: CO Capture and Implications for Structure Analysis.

Carboxylate-substituted superhalogens of the type RCOOMX (M=Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn; X=Cl, Br) are easily accessible in the gas phase by electrospray ionisation. Their collision-induced dissociation (CID) characteristics have been probed by using ion-trap and triple-quadrupole mass analysers with particular emphasis on the behaviour of RCOOCaCl -type ions. In the ion trap these appear to react readily with residual water to yield HOCaCl as the hydrolysis product.

Structure and dissociation characteristics of metal chloride anion clusters containing redox-active metal ions studied by laser desorption and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and ab initio calculations.

Copper chloride anion clusters with both copper oxidation states can be made by laser desorption of CuCl(2) crystals. We have used this method to study the dissociation characteristics of such cluster ions. The stability and the structure of the observed complexes were probed by ab initio calculations.