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Novel benzyl rearrangements in electrospray ionization multistage tandem mass spectra of benzyl 2′,3′- didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxythymidin-5′-yl H-phosphonate

✍ Scribed by Yi Chen; Xiaobin Sun; Hua Fu; Xiaohong Liu; Yufen Zhao


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
147 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
1076-5174

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Abstract

Several alkyl 2^′^,3^′^‐didehydro‐2^′^,3^′^‐dideoxythymidin‐5^′^‐yl H‐phosphonates were synthesized and analyzed by electrospray ionization multistage tandem mass spectrometry (ESI − MS^n^). Two kinds of novel benzyl rearrangement reactions were observed in ESI − MS^2^ of [M + H]^+^, [M + Na]^+^ and [M + K]^+^ of benzyl 2^′^,3^′^‐didehydro‐2^′^,3^′^‐dideoxythymidin‐5^′^‐yl H‐phosphonate. Results from tandem mass spectrometry, high‐resolution mass spectrometry and control experiments showed that the benzyl migration could undergo a four‐membered cyclic rearrangement reaction, and benzyl was essential in the process. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.