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Here are the MS experimental sections that you can adapt in your write-up:

Agilent LC/MSD VL

Flow Injection Analysis (FIA) and LCMS:

• Low resolution mass spectrometry data was obtained on an Agilent LC/MSD VL system by electrospray (ESI) flow injection analysis in the [positive or negative] mode. Mobile phases were water and acetonitrile with 0.1% formic acid. The MS settings were: voltage = 3000V, fragmentor = 70 and chamber temperature = 350 °C [you may need to change those if you used non-standard FIA methods].
• LCMS was obtained on an Agilent LC/MSD VL system by electrospray (ESI) in the [positive or negative] mode with a reverse-phase C18 Zorbax Eclipse 2.1 x 50 mm column (Agilent). Mobile phasese were water and acetonitrile with 0.1% formic acid. Separation was achieved by a flow rate of 0.15 mL/min and a mobile phase gradient from 5 to 95% acetonitrile in 10 minutes.

Waters QTof API US

Flow Injection Analysis (FIA)

• High resolution mass spectrometry data was obtained on a Waters Qtof (hybrid quadrupolar/time-of-flight) API US system by electrospray (ESI) in the [positive or negative] mode. Mass correction was done by an external reference using a Waters Lockspray accessory. Mobile phases were water and acetonitrile with 0.1% formic acid. The MS settings were: capillary voltage = 3kV, cone voltage = 35, source temperature = 120 °C and dissolvation temperature = 350 °C [cone voltage = 10 and dissolvation temperature = 120 °C if experiment was carried out in low T and low V]. Also, we are grateful to the National Science Foundation for the purchase of the Waters high resolution mass spectrometer (CHE 0443618) used in this work.