Exercise 3 – Create a Triggered Dynamic MRM acquisition method
Task 2. Add/Modify compounds in an existing database
46 Agilent 6400 Series Triple Quad LC/MS Familiarization Guide
6 Set parameters on the Compound 
Setup tab and add additional 
transitions.
• For Precursor ion 311, add the 
following product ions: 245.1, 
218.1, 172.1, 140.3, 107.1
• For Precursor 285, add the 
following product ions: 108.1, 
92.1, 80.1, 65.1, 39.2
• For Precursor 279, add the 
following product ions: 185.7, 
155.6, 107.7, 92.1
• For Precursor 271, add the 
following product ions: 177.8, 
115, 91.3, 80.1, 64.8
a Click the Compound Setup tab.
b Click the Import/Export > Import 
from Acquisition Methods command.
c Select the iiiSulfamix_dMRM2.m 
method and click Open.
d (optional) Right-click the tab and click 
Expand/Collapse All Rows.
e Select one of the Product rows for 
one of the compounds. In this 
example, select the Product row 155.7 
for Precursor 311.
f Right-click the Product row and click 
Add Product Ion. In this example, you 
add 5 product ion rows.
g Enter the Product in each of the 
product ion rows that were added. See 
“To determine product ions in the 
Qualitative Analysis program:”  on 
page 47.
h Add product ions for the other three 
compounds.
• For each compound, we are going 
to add additional transitions.
• In the Qualitative Analysis program, 
you examine Product Ion data files 
which you acquired previously to 
determine additional transitions to 
add. See “Task 4. Determine 
product ion masses”  on page 24.
• You can use the arrow keys to move 
between rows in the Product table.
• Some of the product ions were 
determined from the Veterinarian 
Drugs tMRM database.
• See Table 5 on page 54 for values to 
use in the method.
Steps Detailed Instructions Comments
This product ion scan has a 
precursor mass of 311. You 
examine the MS spectrum to 
determine the product ions to 
add to the Product ion section 
of the Compound Setup table.
The product ions that are manually added as 
additional Product ions in Optimizer are shown in 
the MS Spectrum Results window. The green 
boxes were added in this guide to show which 
product ions were used.