Electrochemical reduction of the iodinated contrast medium iomeprol: iodine mass balance and identification of transformation products.

Potentiostatic-controlled electrochemical reduction of iomeprol was used to deiodinate iomeprol (IMP), a representative of the iodinated X-ray contrast media. The reduction process was followed by product analysis with liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry and ion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The identification is mainly based on the interpretation of the mass fragmentation.