Table 3

Diagnostic ions of the methyl-branched alkenes in the red Ca. rufifemur variety.

substance No.
Substance
diagnostic ions from hydration
diagnostic ions from DMDS derivatization
inferred double bond position

37
25-MeC37-ene
196, 365
243*, 271, 355, 383*
14*, 16 or 21, 23*
43
25-MeC38-ene, 26-MeC37-ene, 27-MeC38-ene
182, 196, 210, 364, 379, 393
229, 243, 257, 271, 369, 383, 397, 411
13, 14, 15, 16 or 22, 23, 24, 25
52
27-Methyl-C39-ene
196, 393
243, 271, 383, 411
14**, 16** or 23, 25
56
27-Methyl-C40-ene
210, 393
243*, 257, 271, 397, 411, 425*
14*, 15, 16 or 24, 25, 26*
61
27-MeC41-ene, 29-MeC41-ene
196, 224, 392, 421
243, 271*, 299, 383, 411*, 439
14, 16*, 18 or 23, 25*, 27

*diagnostic ion/molecule with respective double bond position at least twice as abundant as remaining ions/molecules; ** position of double bond was confirmed at the positions 14 and 16 via cleavage after ozonisation

Menzel et al. Frontiers in Zoology 2008 5:16   doi:10.1186/1742-9994-5-16