E. Maccioni et al., FAST-ATOM-BOMBARDMENT MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF SOME PHARMACOLOGICALLY RELEVANT ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVES, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 9(2), 1995, pp. 167-174
mass spectrometric behaviour of some anthraquinone derivatives has bee
n studied by fast-atom bombardment ionization. For all the compounds u
nder study, a retrosynthetic process, consisting in the cleavage of th
e NH-CO bond with hydrogen rearrangement, has been detected. This deco
mposition pathway leads to the formation of the protonated molecule of
1,4-diaminoanthraquinone or to the 1-amino-4,5,8-trihydroxy-anthraqui
none, representing the basic synthetic elements of the compounds under
investigation.