Mass Spectrometry of Fatty Acid Derivatives


These pages were written by Dr William W. Christie and deal with the application of mass spectrometry with electron-impact ionization to determine the structures of fatty acids in the form of various derivatives.

If you are new to the subject, you may wish to first consult -

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William W. Christie


Tutorials on the Interpretation of Mass Spectra of Fatty Acid Derivatives and Related Lipids

Lipid Library The Basics Lipid Library Methyl esters of fatty acids Lipid Library Pyrrolidine derivatives of fatty acids Lipid Library Dimethyloxazolines (DMOX) of fatty acids Lipid LibraryPicolinyl esters of fatty acids Lipid LibraryOther
Lipid Library Miscellaneous substituted fatty acids (various derivatives) and other lipids

Archives of Mass Spectra

Lipid LibraryAll our mass spectra (1860 in total) are made available for study or reference here but without interpretation.


Lipid Library Bibliography of Mass Spectra: Lists of references to the use of mass spectrometry for structural analysis of fatty acids and for intact lipids - see our literature survey menu.


If you have queries, contact me by e-mail at - william.christie@scri.ac.uk


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William W. Christie

Scottish Crop Research Institute (and MRS Lipid Analysis Unit), Invergowrie, Dundee (DD2 5DA), Scotland.

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Updated: March 24th, 2010

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