The mass spectrometric fragmentations of ten new 8-alkylaminocaffeine derivatives were investigated. The fragmentation pathways of new polyamine derivatives of caffeine on the basis of low and high-resolution electron ionization (EI) mass spectra were discussed. In the case of new compounds, classical fragmentation of purine skeleton related to the elimination of a neutral molecule CH3N(1)C(2)O from a molecular ion was not observed. Nevertheless, new, interesting fragmentation of described caffeine derivatives was observed. Moreover, heats of formation of odd-electron ions of 8-alkylaminocaffeine derivatives were calculated.
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Bioorg Chem
December 2024
Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Cátedra de Química Orgánica II, Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address:
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Global Leadership School, Handong Global University, Pohang, 37554, South Korea.
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December 2024
San Francisco State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco, California 94132, United States.
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Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Research Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518107, China.
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