PMID- 15771545 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050524 LR - 20131121 IS - 0002-7863 (Print) IS - 0002-7863 (Linking) VI - 127 IP - 11 DP - 2005 Mar 23 TI - Infrared photodissociation spectroscopy of electrosprayed ions in a Fourier transform mass spectrometer. PG - 4076-83 AB - Previous gas-phase methods for infrared photodissociation spectroscopy (IRPD) require sample volatility. Our method instead uses electrospray ionization to introduce even large nonvolatile molecules into a Fourier transform mass spectrometer, where extended (>15 s) ion storage makes possible high sensitivity spectral measurements with an OPO laser over a range of 3050-3800 cm(-1). The spectra of 22 gaseous proton-bound amino acid complexes are generally correlated with the H-stretching frequencies established for O-H and N-H functional groups in solution. For theoretical structure predictions of the Gly2H+ and N-acylated Asp2H+ dimers, IRPD spectra clearly differentiate between the predicted lowest energy conformers. In contrast to solution, in the gas phase the glycine zwitterion is approximately 20 kcal/mol less stable than the neutral; however, glycine is clearly zwitterionic in the gaseous GlyLysH+ dimer. The level of theory is inadequate for the larger Lys2H+ dimer, as all low energy predicted structures have free carboxyl O-H groups, in contrast to the IR spectrum. IRPD appears to be a promising new technique for providing unique information on a broad range of biomolecular and other gaseous ions, especially on noncovalent bonding involving O-H and N-H groups. FAU - Oh, Han-Bin AU - Oh HB AD - Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, South Korea. FAU - Lin, Cheng AU - Lin C FAU - Hwang, Harold Y AU - Hwang HY FAU - Zhai, Huili AU - Zhai H FAU - Breuker, Kathrin AU - Breuker K FAU - Zabrouskov, Vladimir AU - Zabrouskov V FAU - Carpenter, Barry K AU - Carpenter BK FAU - McLafferty, Fred W AU - McLafferty FW LA - eng GR - GM 16609/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Am Chem Soc JT - Journal of the American Chemical Society JID - 7503056 RN - 0 (Dipeptides) RN - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid) RN - 997-62-6 (glycyllysine) RN - TE7660XO1C (Glycine) SB - IM MH - Aspartic Acid/chemistry MH - Dipeptides/*chemistry MH - Fourier Analysis MH - Glycine/*chemistry MH - Models, Molecular MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/*methods MH - Spectrophotometry, Infrared/*methods EDAT- 2005/03/18 09:00 MHDA- 2005/05/25 09:00 CRDT- 2005/03/18 09:00 PHST- 2005/03/18 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/05/25 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/03/18 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/ja040136n [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Mar 23;127(11):4076-83. doi: 10.1021/ja040136n.