Chapter 14, Problem 75IP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The compound that gives the given mass spectrum has to be determined.

Concept Introduction:

Mass spectrometry:

• It is a technique used to find out the molecular weight of the compounds and thus providing the structure and chemical properties of different molecules.
• The sample ion is converted into gaseous ions with or without fragmentation and are characterized by their charge to mass ratios and relative abundances.
• Mass spectrum is a plot of the relative abundance of the generated ions as a function of the charge to mass ratio.

Molecular ion peak${\text{(M)}}^{\text{+}•}$: It is defined as the heaviest peak in the mass spectrum of the molecule which represents the largest molecular ion in the given molecule with greater m/z value.

Base peak: It is the tallest peak in the spectrum.

The ${\text{(M+1)}}^{\text{+}•}$ peak: It denotes the peak that arises next to molecular ion peak in the mass spectrum. The peak arises due to the presence of the isotope of carbon $\left({}^{\text{13}}\text{C}\right).$