Research Article
On the Primary Ionization Mechanism(s) in Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
Table 1
Dissociation energy (
) of aromatic carboxylic acid dimers (see Scheme
2).
| | Dimers | (eV) | (eV) | (eV) |
| | Benzoic acid | 7.03 | 3.68 | 3.50 | | 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid | 6.71 | | 4-methoxybenzoic acid | 6.79 | | 4-nitrobenzoic acid | 6.94 | | 4-N,N-dimethylaminobenzoic acid | 6.56 |
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