List of Publications
Acid-base Studies
Molecular Catalysis 2025, 573, 114846. Towards quantifying catalytic activity of homogeneous Brønsted acid catalysts
J. Comput. Chem. 2025, 46 (1), e27517. pKa prediction in non-aqueous solvents (Open Access)
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2024. Experimental unified pH scale in 1,2-dichloroethane (Open Access)
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146 (41), 28339–28349. Highly Acidic Electron-Rich Brønsted Acids Accelerate Asymmetric Pictet–Spengler Reactions by Virtue of Stabilizing Cation–π Interactions (Open Access)
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202402329. Focus on Physico-Chemical Properties of Sulfoximines: Acidity, Basicity and Lipophilicity (Open Access)
J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2024. Widespread Misinterpretation of pKa Terminology for Zwitterionic Compounds and Its Consequences (Open Access)
Dalton Transactions 2024, 53, 14226-14236. pKaH values and θH angles of phosphanes to predict their electronic and steric parameters (Open Access)
Analyst 2024, 149, 1481-1488. Improved pH measurement of mobile phases in reversed-phased liquid chromatography (Open Access)
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3144–3150. Surprising acidity for the methylene of 1,3-indenocorannulenes? (Open Access)
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2024, 416, 461-465. Rigorous pH measurement in non-aqueous solution: measurement method and reference values in ethanol (Open Access)
J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89 (1), 756-760. Chiral Carborane Acids Decorated with Binol-Based Phosphonates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 26 (28), e202300453. Tris(benzophenoneimino)phosphane and Related Compounds
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29 (46), e202300609. The Unified Redox Scale for All Solvents: Consistency and Gibbs Transfer Energies of Electrolytes from their Constituent Single Ions (Open Access)
Bioorgan. Med. Chem. 2023, 81, 117203. Ionization and lipophilicity in nonpolar media mimicking the cell membrane interior
Molecules 2023, 28 (23), 7770. Theoretical Study on Fluorinated Derivatives of Sulfolane, Cyclopentanone, and Gamma-Butyrolactone (Open Access)
Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2022, 61 (51), e202212581. On-off-on Control of Molecular Inversion Symmetry via Multi-stage Protonation: Elucidating Vibronic Laporte Rule
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 29 (2), e202202953. Multifunctional Organocatalysts – Singly-linked and Macrocyclic Bisphosphoric Acids for Asymmetric Phase-transfer and Brønsted-acid Catalysis (Open Access)
Anal. Chem. 2022, 94 (9), 4059-4064. Quantifying Acidity in Heterogeneous Systems: Biphasic pKa Values
Chem. Sci. 2022, 13 (8), 2258-2269. Inducing a pH-dependent conformational response by competitive binding to Zn2+ of a series of chiral ligands of disparate basicity (Open Access)
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28 (59), e202202247. A Chemically Fuelled Molecular Automaton Displaying Programmed Migration of Zn2+ Between Alternative Binding Sites (Open Access)
ZAAC 2022, 648 (19), e202200136. Electronic Modification of a Sterically Demanding Anionic Pyridine Ligand (Open Access)
J. Chem. Metrol. 2022, 16 (2), 60-67. NMR as biphasic pKa measurement technique (Open Access)
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28 (42), e202200974. Electrochemistry and Reactivity of Chelation-stabilized Hypervalent Bromine(III) Compounds (Open Access)
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28 (40), e202200509. Measurements and Utilization of Consistent Gibbs Energies of Transfer of Single Ions: Towards a Unified Redox Potential Scale for All Solvents (Open Access)
Synlett 2022, 30 (01), 45-47. A Chiral Sulfoxide-Based C–H Acid (Open Access)
Pure Appl. Chem. 2021, 93 (9), 1049-1060. A unified pH scale for all solvents: part I – intention and reasoning (IUPAC Technical Report) (Open Access)
Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54 (15), 3108–3123. Design of Novel Uncharged Organic Superbases: Merging Basicity and Functionality
ChemPhysChem. 2021, 22 (22), 2329-2335. Acid-Base and Anion Binding Properties of Tetrafluorinated 1,3-Benzodiazole, 1,2,3-Benzotriazole and 2,1,3-Benzoselenadiazole
ACS Org. Inorg. Au 2021, 1 (2), 43-50. Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of 2-SF5-(Aza)Indoles, a New Family of SF5 Heterocycles
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 2021 (9), 1407-1419. Strengths of Acids in Acetonitrile (Open Access)
J. Mol. Struct. 2021, 1230, 129867. Aiding a Better Understanding of Molybdopterin: Syntheses, Structures, and pKa Value Determinations of Varied Pterin-Derived Organic Scaffolds Including Oxygen, Sulfur and Phosphorus Bearing Substituents
Sensors 2021, 21 (11), 3935. Unified pH Measurements of Ethanol, Methanol, and Acetonitrile, and Their Mixtures with Water (Open Access)
Water 2021, 13 (18), 2522. Toward Unified pH of Saline Solutions (Open Access)
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (36), 15252-15258. Modular Design of Chiral Conjugate-Base-Stabilized Carboxylic Acids: Catalytic Enantioselective [4+2] Cycloadditions of Acetals
Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2020, 59 (5), 2028-2032. Highly Acidic Conjugate-Base-Stabilized Carboxylic Acids Catalyze Enantioselective oxa-Pictet-Spengler Reactions with Ketals
Symmetry 2020, 12 (7), 1150. Symmetric Potentiometric Cells for the Measurement of Unified pH Values (Open Access)
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26 (41), 8871-8874. Reactivity of diarylnitrenium ions
Synthesis 2020, 52 (7), 1047-1059. Enantioselective N-Alkylation of Nitroindoles under Phase-Transfer Catalysis
Rapid Commun. Mass. Sp. 2020, e8598. Validation and Extension of the Gas-Phase Superacidity Scale
Comput. Theor. Chem. 2020, 1190 (2020), 113008. Computational studies of acidities of some hydroxycoumarins
J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85 (17), 11297-11308. Synthesis and Basicity Studies of Quinolino[7,8-h]quinoline Derivatives
J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124 (22), 4390-4399. Alkali Metal Cations Bonding to Carboxylate Anions: Studies by Mass Spectrometry and Quantum Chemical Calculations
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 2019 (40), 6735-6748. On the Basicity of Organic Bases in Different Media
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 2019 (31), 3612-3618. Three Fluorinated Trityl Alcohols and Their Lithium Salts – Synthesis, Molecular Structures and Acidity (Open Access)
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 2019 (28), 3258-3264. Bis(benzoxazol‐2‐yl)methanes Hounding NacNac: Varieties and Applications in Main Group Metal Coordination
ChemPhysChem 2019, 20 (14), 1779-1785. Generalization of acid‐base diagrams based on the unified pH‐scale (Open Access)
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 2019 (31-32), 5190-5195. Cooperative organocatalysis: A systematic investigation of covalently linked organophosphoric acids for the stereoselective transfer hydrogenation of quinolines
Dalton Trans. 2019, 48 (22), 7499-7502. Simple and scalable synthesis of the carborane anion CB11H12−
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2019, 32 (7), e3950. Synthesis and photophysics of a series of lipophilic phosphazene‐based fluorescent indicators
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2019, 32 (6), e3940. Determination of pKa values of fluorocompounds in water using 19F NMR
Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2019, 435, 61-68. Gas phase basicity of biguanides – Comparison of the equilibrium and the kinetic methods
Croat. Chem. Acta 2018, 91 (4), 599-602. Biphasic pKa Values
Tetrahedron Lett. 2018, 59 (42), 3738-3748. pKa values in organic chemistry – Making maximum use of the available data
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24 (63), 16851-16856. [4‐(Ph3B)‐2,6‐Mes2Py]−: A Sterically Demanding Anionic Pyridine
Nature Chem. 2018, 10, 888-894. Approaching sub-ppm-level asymmetric organocatalysis of a highly challenging and scalable carbon–carbon bond forming reaction
Angew. Chem. Int. 2018, 57 (9), 2344-2347. The Ideal Ionic Liquid Salt Bridge for the Direct Determination of Gibbs Energies of Transfer of Single Ions, Part I: The Concept
Angew. Chem. Int. 2018, 57 (9), 2348-2352. The Ideal Ionic Liquid Salt Bridge for Direct Determination of Gibbs Energies of Transfer of Single Ions, Part II: Evaluation of the Role of Ion Solvation and Ion Mobilities
Green Chem. 2018, 20 (10), 2392-2394. Comment on “Zemplén transesterification: a name reaction that has misled us for 90 years” by B. Ren, M. Wang, J. Liu, J. Ge, X. Zhang and H. Dong, Green Chemistry, 2015, 17, 1390–1394
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 2018 (6), 739-749. Enhancement of Push–Pull Properties of Pentafulvene and Pentafulvalene Derivatives by Protonation at Carbon
ACS Omega 2017, 2 (11), 7772-7776. Systematic Optimization of Liquid–Liquid Extraction for Isolation of Unidentified Components
Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6964-6973. A unified view to Brønsted acidity scales: do we need solvated protons?
Angew. Chem. Int. 2017, 56 (5), 1411-1415. 1,1,3,3-Tetratriflylpropene (TTP): A Strong, Allylic C–H Acid for Brønsted and Lewis Acid Catalysis
Eur. J. Org. Chem 2017, 2017 (30), 4475-4489. On the Basicity of Conjugated Nitrogen Heterocycles in Different Media
Tetrahedron Letters 2017, 58 (22), 2098-2102. Synthesis and Properties of Highly Lipophilic Phosphazene Bases
J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121 (1), 357-369. Hydrogen-Bond Donicity in DMSO and Gas Phase and Its Dependence on Brønsted Acidity
J. Org. Chem 2016, 81 (17), 7349-7361. Experimental Basicities of Superbasic Phosphonium Ylides and Phosphazenes
J. Phys. Chem. A 2016, 120 (20), 3663-3669. Acidity of Strong Acids in Water and Dimethyl Sulfoxide
J. Phys. Chem. A 2016, 120 (16), 2591-2604. Experimental Basicities of Phosphazene, Guanidinophosphazene, and Proton Sponge Superbases in the Gas Phase and Solution
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (32), 9262-9265. Basicity Limits of Neutral Organic Superbases
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (20), 6680-6691. Conformational Switching of a Foldamer in a Multicomponent System by pH-Filtered Selection between Competing Noncovalent Interactions
Anal. Chem. 2015, 87 (5), 2623-2630. Unified pH Values of Liquid Chromatography Mobile Phases
J. Phys. Chem. A 2015, 119 (4), 735-743. Superacidity of closo-Dodecaborate-Based Brønsted Acids: a DFT Study
Croat. Chem. Acta 2014, 87 (4), 385-395. Basicities of Strong Bases in Water: A Computational Study
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53 (5), 1435-1438. Very Strong Organosuperbases Formed by Combining Imidazole and Guanidine Bases: Synthesis, Structure, and Basicity
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2014, 27 (8), 676-679. Gas-phase acidity of bis[(perfluoroalkyl)sulfonyl]imides. Effects of the perfluoroalkyl group on the acidity
ChemPhysChem 2013, 14 (9), 1909-1919. Evaluating the COSMO-RS Method for Modeling Hydrogen Bonding in Solution
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52 (44), 11569-11572. On the Acidity and Reactivity of Highly Effective Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysts: Establishment of an Acidity Scale
Chem. Sci. 2013, 4 (7), 2788-2796. Electronic effects of triarylphosphines in metal-free hydrogen activation: a kinetic and computational study
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2013, 26 (2), 162-170. Acidities of strong neutral Brønsted acids in different media
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18 (12), 3621-3630. A New Class of Organosuperbases, N-Alkyl- and N-Aryl-1,3-dialkyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene Amines: Synthesis, Structure, pKBH+ Measurements, and Properties
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 2012 (11), 2167-2172. Basicity of Phosphanes and Diphosphanes in Acetonitrile
Chem. Eng. J. 2011, 171 (3), 794-800. Performance of single-component CO2-binding organic liquids (CO2BOLs) for post combustion CO2 capture
J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76 (2), 391-395. Equilibrium Acidities of Superacids
J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114 (39), 10694-10699. Gas-Phase Basicities Around and Below Water Revisited
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49 (38), 6885-6888. A Unified pH Scale for All Phases
J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113 (29), 8421-8424. Revision of the Gas-Phase Acidity Scale below 300 kcal mol−1
J. Comp. Chem. 2009, 30 (5), 799-810. Prediction of acidity in acetonitrile solution with COSMO-RS
J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73 (7), 2607-2620. Pentakis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl, a Sterically Crowded and Electron-withdrawing Group: Synthesis and Acidity of Pentakis(trifluoromethyl)benzene, -toluene, -phenol, and -aniline
Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13 (27), 7631-7643. Brønsted Basicities of Diamines in the Gas Phase, Acetonitrile, and Tetrahydrofuran
J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111 (7), 1245-1250. Experimental Gas-Phase Basicity Scale of Superbasic Phosphazenes
Anal. Chim. Acta 2006, 566 (2), 290-303. Uncertainty estimation in measurement of pKa values in nonaqueous media: A case study on basicity scale in acetonitrile medium
J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71 (7), 2829-2838. A ComprehensiveSelf-Consistent Spectrophotometric Acidity Scale of Neutral Brønsted Acids in Acetonitrile
J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71 (19), 7155-7164. Substituent Effects on the Basicity of 3,7-Diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127 (50), 17656-17666. Guanidinophosphazenes: Design, Synthesis, and Basicity in THF and in the Gas Phase
J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70 (3), 1019-1028. Extension of the Self-Consistent Spectrophotometric Basicity Scale in Acetonitrile to a Full Span of 28 pKa Units: Unification of Different Basicity Scales
J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68 (26), 9988-9993. Acid−Base Equilibria in Nonpolar Media. 4. Extension of the Self-Consistent Basicity Scale in THF Medium. Gas-Phase Basicities of Phosphazenes
J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68 (20), 7795-7799. Acid−Base Equilibria in Nonpolar Media. 3. Expanding the Spectrophotometric Acidity Scale in Heptane
J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2002, 2002 (11), 1950-1955. The immense acidifying effect of the supersubstituent [double bond, length as m-dash]NSO2CF3 on the acidity of amides and amidines of benzoic acids in acetonitrile
Inorg. Chim. Acta 2002, 340, 87-96. Sitting-atop complex formation of 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethylporphyrin with copper(II) ion in acetonitrile
J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67 (6), 1873-1881. Acid−Base Equilibria in Nonpolar Media. 2.1 Self-Consistent Basicity Scale in THF Solution Ranging from 2-Methoxypyridine to EtP1(pyrr) Phosphazene
J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2001, 2001 (2), 229-232. The enormous acidifying effect of the supersubstituent [double bond, length half m-dash]NSO2CF3 on the acidity of derivatives of benzenesulfonamide and toluene-p-sulfonamide in the gas phase and in dimethyl sulfoxide
J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65 (19), 6202-6208. Self-Consistent Spectrophotometric Basicity Scale in Acetonitrile Covering the Range between Pyridine and DBU
J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 2000 (6), 1125-1133. Comparison of Brønsted acidities of neutral CH acids in gas phase and dimethyl sulfoxide
J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63 (22), 7868-7874. Spectrophotometric Acidity Scale of Strong Neutral Brønsted Acids in Acetonitrile
J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62 (24), 8479-8483. Acid−Base Equilibria in Nonpolar Media. 1. A Spectrophotometric Method for Acidity Measurements in Heptane
Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
J. Am. Soc. Brew. Chem. 2024. Nitrogen Availability and Utilisation of Oligopeptides by Yeast in Industrial Scotch Grain Whisky Fermentation (Open Access)
J. Chromatogr. A 2024, 1738, 465480. Evaluation of in-house-built pipette-tip micro-solid-phase extraction devices for sample preparation in the analysis of amino compounds by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Sustainability 2024, 16 (7), 2765. Optimization of Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction of Antioxidants in Apple Pomace (var. Belorusskoje malinovoje) Using Response Surface Methodology: Scope and Opportunity to Develop as a Potential Feed Supplement or Feed Ingredient (Open Access)
Food Chemistry Advances 2024, 4, 100629. Detection and quantification of free amino compounds in selected agricultural by-products with derivatization followed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis (Open Access)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2023, 89 (11), e01141-23. Unlocking the secrets of peptide transport in wine yeast: insights into oligopeptide transporter functions and nitrogen source preferences (Open Access)
ChemistrySelect 2023, 8 (29), e202300835. Solubility of Mono-Aminoacridines
LWT-Food Sci. Technol. 2023, 178, 114632. Phytochemical characterization of oil and protein fractions isolated from Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica) wine by-product (Open Access)
Plants 2023, 12 (2), 319. Free Amino Acids and Biogenic Amines Profiling and Variation in Wild and Sub-Endemic Cardueae Species from Sardinia and Corse (Open Access)
Talanta 2023, 252, 123803. Comparison of two azobenzene-based amino acid derivatization reagents for LC-MS/MS analysis in positive and negative ESI modes
Talanta 2023, 252, 123730. Coumarin-based derivatization reagent for the LC-MS analysis of amino acids
J. Chromatogr. A 2022, 1677, 463320. Comparison of the ionisation mode in the determination of free amino acids in beers by Liquid Chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
J. Chromatogr. A 2022, 1666, 462850. Retention Mechanisms of Acidic and Basic Analytes on the Pentafluorophenyl Stationary Phase Using Fluorinated Eluent Additives (Open Access)
J. Med. Chem. 2022, 65 (16), 10975-10991. Construction of Covalent Bisubstrate Inhibitor of Protein Kinase Reacting with Cysteine Residue at Substrate-Binding Site
J. Chromatogr. A 2021, 1656, 462555. Derivatization-targeted analysis of amino compounds in plant extracts in neutral loss acquisition mode by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Rapid Commun. Mass Sp. 2021, 35 (21), e9178. Quantitative Electrospray Ionization Efficiency Scale: 10 Years After
Anal. Chim. Acta. 2021, 1158, 338402. Quantitative analysis of the relationship of derivatization reagents and detection sensitivity of electrospray ionization-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry: Hydrazines as prototypes
Anal. Chim. Acta. 2021, 1152, 238117. 30 Years of research on ESI/MS response: Trends, contradictions and applications
Food Chem. 2020, 318, 126460. Standard substance free quantification makes LC/ESI/MS non-targeted screening of pesticides in cereals comparable between labs
J. Chromatogr. A 2020, 1620, 461012. Characterization of wines with liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: Quantification of amino acids via ionization efficiency values
Sci. Rep. 2020, 10, 5808. Quantification for non-targeted LC/MS screening without standard substances (Open Access)
J. Chromatogr. A 2019, 1613, 460667. Retention of acidic and basic analytes in reversed phase column using fluorinated and novel eluent additives for liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Rapid Commun. Mass Sp. 2019, 33 (23), 1834-1843. Ionization efficiency ladders as tools for choosing ionization mode and solvent in LC/MS
Drug Test. Anal. 2019, 11 (8), 1172-1182. Variability in content and dissolution profiles of MDMA tablets collected in the UK between 2001 and 2018 – a potential risk to users?
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2019, 411 (16), 3533-3542. ESI outcompetes other ion sources in LC/MS trace analysis
J. Mass Spectrom. 2019, 54 (6), 481-487. Influence of the amino acid composition on the ionization efficiencies of small peptides
Clinical Mass Spectrometry. 2019, 12, 23-29. A sensitive method for the simultaneous UHPLC-MS/MS analysis of milrinone and dobutamine in blood plasma using NH4F as the eluent additive and ascorbic acid as a stabilizer
Rapid Commun. Mass Sp. 2019, 33 (3), 314-322. Optimization of flow splitting and make‐up flow conditions in liquid chromatography ‐ electrospray ionization ‐ mass spectrometry
Addict. Biol. 2019, 25 (1), 1-13. The role of DNA methyltransferase activity in cocaine treatment and withdrawal in the nucleus accumbens of mice
Pediatr. Crit. Care Med. 2019, 20 (7), 621-629. Population Pharmacokinetics and Dosing of Milrinone After Patent Ductus Arteriosus Ligation in Preterm Infants
Neuropharmacology 2018, 139, 13-25. Cocaine-induced epigenetic DNA modification in mouse addiction-specific and non-specific tissues
Bioanalysis 2018, 10 (15), 1229-1248. Utilization of data below the analytical limit of quantitation in pharmacokinetic analysis and modeling: promoting interdisciplinary debate
Antimicrob. Agents Ch. 2018, 62 (5), 1229-1248. Pharmacokinetics of Penicillin G in Preterm and Term Neonates
J. Mass Spectrom. 2018, 53 (10), 997-1004. A Systematic Approach Toward Comparing Electrospray Ionization Efficiencies of Derivatized and Non‐Derivatized Amino Acids and Biogenic Amines
Anal. Chim. Acta 2018, 1032, 68-74. Ionisation efficiencies can be predicted in complicated biological matrices: A proof of concept
ChemistrySelect 2018, 3 (1), 335-338. Modifying the Acidity of Charged Droplets
Anal. Chem. 2017, 89 (21), 11592-11597. Sponge Spray – Reaching New Dimensions of Direct Sampling and Analysis by MS
Int. J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 2017, 97 (8), 695-709. Analysis and validation of perfluorinated compounds in water, sediment and fish with LC-ESI–MS/MS
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2017, 28 (10), 2124-2131. The Evolution of Electrospray Generated Droplets is Not Affected by Ionization Mode
Anal. Chem. 2017, 89 (11), 5665-5668. Think Negative: Finding the Best Electrospray Ionization/MS Mode for Your Analyte
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2017, 409, 3145-3151. Signal Enhancement in the HPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis of spironolactone and its metabolites using HFIP and NH4F as eluent additives
J. Chromatogr. B 2017, 1052, 150-157. A highly sensitive method for the simultaneous UHPLC-MS/MS analysis of clonidine, morphine, midazolam and their metabolites in blood plasma using HFIP as the eluent additive
Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2017, 421, 189-195. Comparison of amino acid derivatization reagents for liquid chromatography atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometric analysis of seven amino acids in tea extract
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2017, 28 (5), 461-469. Adduct Formation in ESI/MS by Mobile Phase Additives
Anal. Chem. 2017, 89 (9), 5079-5086. Predicting ESI/MS Signal Change for Anions in Different Solvents
Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 2017, 23 (5), 245-253. Dependence of matrix effect on ionization polarity during LC-ESI-MS analysis of derivatized amino acids in some natural samples
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2017, 28 (3), 461-469. pH Effects on Electrospray Ionization Efficiency
PLoS One 2017, 12 (3), 335-338. Strategy of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes C70 for effective degradation of phenol and salicylate
Environ. Sci. Pollut. R. 2017, 24 (9), 7880-7888. Determination of glyphosate in surface water with high organic matter content
Sci. World J. 2017, ID 9254072. Simultaneous Determination of Fluoroquinolones and Sulfonamides Originating from Sewage Sludge Compost
Anal. Chim. Acta 2016, 942, 23-39. Tutorial on estimating the limit of detection using LC-MS analysis, part I: Theoretical review
Anal. Chim. Acta 2016, 942, 40-49. Tutorial on estimating the limit of detection using LC-MS analysis, part II: Practical aspects
Anal. Chem. 2016, 88 (7), 3435-3439. Establishing Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Efficiency Scale
J. Environ. Sci. Health B 2016, 51 (7), 455-464. Determination of neonicotinoids in Estonian honey by liquid chromatography–electrospray mass spectrometry
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2016, 27 (7), 1211-1218. Ionization Efficiency of Doubly Charged Ions Formed from Polyprotic Acids in Electrospray Negative Mode
Acta Anaesth. Scand. 2016, 60 (2), 230-240. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of piperacillin/tazobactam during high volume haemodiafiltration in patients with septic shock
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2015, 26 (11), 1923-1930. Transferability of the Electrospray Ionization Efficiency Scale between Different Instruments
J. Food Compos. Anal. 2015, 41, 221-225. Paper spray ionization mass spectrometry: Study of a method for fast-screening analysis of pesticides in fruits and vegetables
J. Chromatogr. A 2015, 1390, 62-70. Development of amino acid derivatization reagents for liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis and ionization efficiency measurements
J. Clin. Pharmacol. 2015, 55 (4), 438-446. Pharmacokinetics of doripenem during high volume hemodiafiltration in patients with septic shock
Anal. Chem. 2015, 87 (5), 2623-2630. Unified pH Values of Liquid Chromatography Mobile Phases
Anal. Chim. Acta 2015, 870, 29-44. Tutorial review on validation of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry methods: Part I
Anal. Chim. Acta 2015, 870, 8-28. Tutorial review on validation of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry methods: Part II
J. Food Comp. Anal. 2015, 41, 221-225. Paper spray ionization mass spectrometry: Study of a method for fast-screening analysis of pesticides in fruits and vegetables
Accred. Qual. Assur. 2015, 20, 229-231. A personal view on metrology in chemical analysis
J. Chromatogr. A 2014, 1365, 140-147. Versatile ene-thiol photoclick reaction for preparation of multimodalmonolithic silica capillary columns
J. Chromaogr. A 2014, 1355, 296-300. “Thiol-ene” photoclick chemistry as a rapid and localizable functionalization pathway for silica capillary monolithic columns
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2014, 25 (11), 1853-1861. Effect of Mobile Phase on Electrospray Ionization Efficiency
J. Agric. Food Chem. 2014, 62 (23), 5259-5268. Alternative Eluent Composition for LC-MS Analysis of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Raw Fish Samples
Anal. Chem. 2014, 86 (10), 4822-4830. Negative Electrospray Ionization via Deprotonation: Predicting the Ionization Efficiency
J. Chromatogr. B 2014, 967, 147-155. Study of the matrix effects and sample dilution influence on the LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis using four derivatization reagents
J. Chromatogr. B 2014, 955-956, 34-41. Matrix influence on derivatization and ionization processes during selenoamino acid liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis
J. Mass Spectrom. 2013, 48 (6), 695-702. Sodium adduct formation efficiency in ESI source
J. Sep. Sci. 2013, 36 (15), 2458-2463. Ensuring repeatability and robustness of poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) HPLC monolithic columns of 3 mm id through covalent bonding to the column wall
Anal. Methods 2013, 5 (12), 3035-3044. Comparison of different methods aiming to account for/overcome matrix effects in LC/ESI/MS on the example of pesticide analyses
Antimicrob. Agents Ch. 2012, 56 (9), 4760-4764. Short versus Long Infusion of Meropenem in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Neonates
J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2012, 23 (12), 2051-2054. Enhanced Nebulization Efficiency of Electrospray Mass Spectrometry: Improved Sensitivity and Detection Limit
J. Chromatogr. B 2012, 904, 99-106. Comparison of amino acid derivatization reagents for LC–ESI-MS analysis. Introducing a novel phosphazene-based derivatization reagent
J. Chromatogr. A 2012, 1245, 134-142. Comparison of three buffer solutions for amino acid derivatization and following analysis by liquid chromatography electrospray mass spectrometry
Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 2012, 18 (1), 71-75. Influence of boric acid on ESI ionization efficiency
J. Chromatogr. A 2011, 1218 (45), 8175-8180. Fluoroalcohols as novel buffer components for basic buffer solutions for liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: Retention mechanisms
Analyst 2011,136 (24), 5241-5246. Analysis of selenomethylselenocysteine and selenomethionine by LC-ESI-MS/MS with diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate derivatization
Rapid Commun. Mass Sp. 2011, 25 (9), 1159-1168. Accounting for matrix effects of pesticide residue liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation mass spectrometric determination by treatment of background mass spectra with chemometric tools
Rapid Commun. Mass Sp. 2011, 25 (9), 3252-3258. Study of liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry matrix effect on the example of glyphosate analysis from cereals
Analyst 2011,136 (21), 4587-4594. Two fluoroalcohols as components of basic buffers for liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometric determination of antibiotic residues
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