This is an Application Brief and does not contain a detailed Experimental section.
This application brief demonstrates analysis of diphenhydramine by LC-MS.
The compound analyzed in this study is diphenhydramine.
            
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                     Column:  | 
                     Xterra MS C18 2.1 x 30 mm, 3.5 μm  | 
            
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                     Part number:  | 
                     186000398  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase A:  | 
                     0.1% HCOOH in H2O  | 
            
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                     Mobile phase B:  | 
                     0.1% HCOOH in ACN  | 
            
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                     Flow rate:  | 
                     0.2 mL/min to MS  | 
            
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                     Isocratic mobile phase composition:  | 
                     80% A; 20% B  | 
            
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                     Injection volume:  | 
                     20 μL of 100 pg/μL  | 
            
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                     Temperature:  | 
                     Ambient  | 
            
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                     Detection:  | 
                     MS ESI+, SIR 256.12  | 
            
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                     Instrument:  | 
                     Alliance 2795 HT, Micromass ZQ  | 
            
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                     Micromass ZQ ESI+  | 
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                     Capillary (KV):  | 
                     3.0  | 
            
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                     Cone (V):  | 
                     15  | 
            
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                     Extractor:  | 
                     3.0  | 
            
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                     RF lens:  | 
                     0.5  | 
            
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                     Source temp.:  | 
                     150  | 
            
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                     Desolvation temp.:  | 
                     350  | 
            
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                     Cone gas flow (L/Hr):  | 
                     60  | 
            
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                     Desolvation gas flow (L/Hr):  | 
                     500  | 
            
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                     LM resolution:  | 
                     15  | 
            
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                     HM resolution:  | 
                     15  | 
            
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                     Ion energy:  | 
                     1.0  | 
            
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                     Multiplier (V):  | 
                     650  | 
            
            
        WA20738.039, June 2002