Abstract:
In the chemical imitation study of the one carbon unit transfer manner of tetrahydrofolate coenzyme, we designed and synthesized a series of 1,2,3-trisubstituted imidazolinium salts (1 and 2) serving as tetrahydrofolate coenzyme models. Their properties and the abilities of transferring one carbon unit were studied. Their structures were proved by
1HNMR,
13 CNMR,IR,elementary analysis etc. Here the mass spectral behavior were reported. In the mass spectra, we found that the peak m/z=137(I
+) and the organic cation(A)peak present in all experiments in stead of the molecular ion peak. Compounds 1 and 2 have similar fragmentation pattern. The organic cations could lose one of the substituents linked to nitrogen atoms and reserve the ring to give out D, E, F fragment ions. More important is their imidazolinium rings splitted in the similar manner: the bonds C
2-N
3 and C
5-N
1 or C
2-N
3 and C
4-C
5 brokedown and produced G and H fragments. The relative abundances were high, some were the base peak and others were the second main peaks. Because of the different substituents, the imidazolinium rings have different stability. A peaks of compound 2 were high and were the base peaks (expect 2d), the E,F peaks were low or none. But for compound 1,the A peaks were low and E,F peaks were high. In the mass spectra of 1c,1d,1e appeared C peaks (3 units less than A). This was a special rupture manner.