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Table 2 Multiple reactions monitoring (MRM) transitions and optimized collision energy for four N-nitrosamine GTIs and the internal standard (NDMA-d6)

From: Development of a sensitive and stable GC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of four N-nitrosamine genotoxic impurities in sartan substances

Analyte

Precursor → product (m/z)

Dwell time (ms)

Collision energy (eV)

N-Nitrosodimethylamine-d6 (NDMA-d6)

80 → 50

100

5

N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)

74 → 44

150

5

74 → 42

50

10

N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA)

102 → 56

150

12

102 → 85

150

6

N-Nitrosodiisopropylamine (NDIPA)

130 → 88

150

6

130 → 42

150

10

N-nitrosodibutylamine (NDBA)

158 → 99

150

10

84 → 56

150

12