formic acid, and ammonium acetate were purchased from Biosolve BV
(Valkenswaard, The Netherlands). Glutathione (reduced), ascorbic acid,
dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, pyridine, and hydrochloric acid (32%)
were from Merck Millipore (Darmstadt, Germany). Ammonium hydroxide
solution (28–30%), propionic anhydride, K2EDTA dihydrate,
were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (MI, USA). Stable deuterated isotopes
for dopamine-d4-HCl, norepinephrine-d6-HCl, and epinephrine-d3 were from CDN Isotopes (Pointe-Claire, Canada), 3-methoxytyramine-d4-HCl and
Isotopes (NH, USA). Ultrapure water was produced using an in-house
purification system (Merck Millipore, MA, USA).