%0 Journal Article %T Mass spectrometry of 1,2,5-oxadiazole N-oxide derivatives: use of deuterated analogues in fragmentation pattern studies %A Cerecetto %A Hugo %A Gonz¨˘lez %A Mercedes %A Seoane %A Gustavo %A Stanko %A Carola %A Piro %A Oscar E. %A Castellano %A Eduardo E. %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2004 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨Şmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532004000200012 %X this paper reported on the study of fragmentation pattern in mass spectrometry of 1,2,5-oxadiazole n-oxide derivatives involving deuterium-labeled analogues to identify some critical fragmentations. a neutral ch2o loss from 3-hydroxymethyl-n2-oxide-4-phenyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole was confirmed with the corresponding mono-deuterated analogue. an oh loss, involving the oxygen of n-oxide, via b-h and d-h rearrangement, was clearly revealed from 3-(4-methylpiperazine-1-ylmethyl)-n2 -oxide-4-phenyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole using the adequate tetra-deuterated analogue. n-oxide isomer and deoxygenated analogues were also used to confirm the participation of the oxide moiety in the fragmentation process. %K 1 %K 2 %K 5-oxadiazole n-oxide %K d-labeled furoxan %K mass fragmentation %K ei/ms. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532004000200012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en