Differentiating Isomeric Deprotonated Glucuronide Drug Metabolites via Ion/Molecule Reactions in Tandem Mass Spectrometry
2018
Isomeric O- and N-glucuronides are common drug metabolites produced in phase II of drug metabolism. Distinguishing these isomers by using common analytical techniques has proven challenging. A tandem mass spectrometric method based on gas-phase ion/molecule reactions of deprotonated glucuronide drug metabolites with trichlorosilane (HSiCl3) in a linear quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer is reported here to readily enable differentiation of the O- and N-isomers. The major product ion observed upon reactions of HSiCl3 with deprotonated N-glucuronides is a diagnostic HSiCl3 adduct that has lost two HCl molecules ([M – H + HSiCl3 – 2HCl]-). This product ion was not observed for deprotonated O-glucuronides. Reaction mechanisms were explored with quantum chemical calculations at the M06-2X/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory.
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