Study of patulin by NMR and mass spectroscopy

Patulin was studied by NMR and mass spectrometry. On the basis of the 1H and 13C NMR spectral analysis and experiments on double homo-(1H NMR) and heteronuclear (13C NMR) resonances complete assigning of the proton and carbon signals was achieved. Patulin was studied mass spectrometrically with using high performance mass spectrometry and the DADI technique. It was shown that formation of the M--C2H4O]+ ion was due to rearrangement of the molecular ion (M+).