Nth generation product ion

deprecated: granddaughter ion

Serial product ions from dissociation or bi-molecular reaction of selected precursor ions where n refers to the number of stages of dissociation or bi-molecular reaction in a series of consecutive reactions that involve successive product ions.

Note 1: Given the sequential fragmentation scheme:

M1+ ? M2+ ? M3+ ? M4+ ? M5+

M4+ is the precursor ion of M5+, a 1st generation product ion of M3+, a 2nd generation product ion of M2+ and a 3rd generation product ion of M1+

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2. G. Glish. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2, 349-349 (1991).
3. G. C. Thorne, K. D. Ballard, S. J. Gaskell. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 1, 249-257 (1990).