UHPLC/LTQ Orbitrap MS法解析一种未知西地那非衍生物

Identification of an Unknown Derivative of Sildenafil by UHPLC/LTQ Orbitrap MS

  • 摘要: 基于已知药物合成新的衍生物,以避开法定检验方法,是目前化学药物非法添加的趋势之一。本工作采用超高分辨的线性离子阱-静电场轨道阱质谱(LTQ Orbitrap MS),在标示中药来源的样品中检出一种未知的西地那非衍生物。基于LTQ Orbitrap MS超高分辨率细分同位素的能力,并结合精确质量数,准确地获得了未知衍生物的元素组成。通过与西地那非和硫代艾地那非二级质谱的比较,进一步推断了该衍生物的结构,并对文献中离子的归属进行了纠正。经核磁共振解析,鉴定该衍生物为丙氧酚艾地那非(propoxyphenyl aildenafil),系由艾地那非苯环上乙氧基衍生为丙氧基而成,其结构与质谱推断的一致。通过总结丙氧酚艾地那非的质谱裂解规律,并结合UHPLC/LTQ Orbitrap质谱分析方法,可有效地鉴定PDE-5型抑制剂及其衍生物,这是打击此类化合物非法添加的有力手段。

     

    Abstract: It is a trend for illegal addition that new derivatives of known drugs are synthesized and used to avoid the statutory test. By using LTQ Orbitrap MS, an unknown derivative of sildenafil was found in a sample which was marked as traditional Chinese medicines extraction. The accurate formula of the unknown derivative was C24H34N6O4S, which was obtained based on the separating capacity of isotopic peaks of ultra-high-resolution by LTQ Orbitrap MS and accurate mass measurement. The structure of the unknown derivative was derived by comparison of the MS2 spectra with those of sildenafil and thioaildenafil. The unknown derivative had the same fragment ions with sildenafil (m/z 299.11, m/z 283.11 and m/z 255.12) and thioaildenafil (m/z 113.10 and m/z 177.06) in the MS2 spectra. These fragment ions were assigned with the aid of Mass FrontierTM software. Furthermore, the assignment of one fragment ion (m/z 299.11) in literature was corrected in this paper by comparison of the accurate mass and isotopic abundance. The unknown derivative was finally identified as propoxyphenyl aildenafil by 1H,13C, DEPT and HMBC NMR, which proved that it is correct for the derived structure of the unknown derivative by LTQ Orbitrap MS. This derivative was obtained by substituting the ethoxy group of the benzene ring moiety of aildenafil to the propoxy group. The proposed fragmentation pathway of propoxyphenyl aildenafil was summarized and the analytical method based on UHPLC/LTQ Orbitrap MS was developed. This method can identify the PDE-5 inhibitors and their derivatives, which could be a power tool to control the illegal addition.

     

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