Carbon Disulfide Reagent Allows the Characterization of Nonpolar Analytes by Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-30-2011
Abstract
While atmospheric pressure ionization methodologies have revolutionized the mass spectrometric analysis of nonvolatile analytes, limitations native to the chemistry of these methodologies hinder or entirely inhibit the analysis of certain analytes, specifically, many nonpolar compounds. Examination of various analytes, including asphaltene and lignin model compounds as well as saturated hydrocarbons, demonstrates that atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) using CS2 as the reagent produces an abundant and stable molecular ion (M+•) for all model compounds studied, with the exception of completely saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons and the two amino acids tested, arginine and phenylalanine. This reagent substantially broadens the applicability of mass spectrometry to nonvolatile nonpolar analytes and also facilitates the examination of radical cation chemistry by mass spectrometry.
DOI
10.1002/rcm.5063
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Owen, Benjamin C.; Gao, Jinshan; Borton, David J.; Amundson, Lucas M.; Archibold, Enada F.; Tan, Xiaoli; Azyat, Khalid; Tykwinski, Rik; Gray, Murray; and Kenttämaa, Hilkka I., "Carbon Disulfide Reagent Allows the Characterization of Nonpolar Analytes by Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry" (2011). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 537.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/537