Mass spectrometry in structural analysis of natural carbohydrates

J. Lonngren and S. Svensson, Mass spectrometry in structural analysis of natural carbohydrates, Adv. Carbohydr. Chem. Biochem., 29 (1974) 41-106. 

MASS SPECTROMETRY IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF NATURAL CARBOHYDRATES ... 

Lindberg, B. See Bouveng, H. O. Lonngren, Jorgen, and Svensson, SiGFRiD, Mass Spectrometry in Structural Analysis of Natural Carbohydrates, 29, 41-106 Lohmar, Rolland, and Goepp,... 

Practical applications are again stressed in the Chapter by Lonngren and Svensson (Stockholm) on Mass Spectrometry in Stmctural Analysis of Natural Carbohydrates. They build on the fundamentals of carbohydrate mass spectrometry, as laid down by Kochetkov and Chizhov in Volume 21, and demonstrate the profound analytical value of mass spectrometry for structural analysis of complex polysaccharides. In particular, this tool has dramatically increased the scope of the traditional methylation linkage-analysis procedure, especially when used in conjunction with gas-liquid chromatographic methods of separation. The latter topic is the subject of complementary Chapters by Dutton, one already published in Volume 28 and the other scheduled for publication in Volume 30. 

Natural carbohydrates, mass spectrometry in structural analysis of, 29, 41—106 Neighboring-group participation, in sugars, 22, 109-175... 

Mass spectrometry (m.s.) has become an important and versatile technique in carbohydrate chemistry, and has been reviewed earlier. - The present article deals with m.s. as a tool in the structural analysis of naturally occurring carbohydrates. The mass spectrometry of nucleosides, nucleotides, " sugar phosphates, and related compounds is not included. For natural carbohydrates, studies in which m.s. has only been used for determining molecular weight or elemental composition have also been omitted. 

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