Mass spectrometry preparation

Guidelines for Writing an SOP for Mass Spectrometry, prepared by the Measurements and Standards Committee of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Sept. 1, 1997 (available from www.asms.org/mssop.h). 

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Prepare methoxime derivatives by heating the extract from the thin-layer chromatographic plate with 100 xl of an 8% solution of methoxyamine hydrochloride in dry pyridine at 60° for 30 minutes, and evaporate in a rotary film evaporator. Silylate by dissolving the residue in 100 Lll of chloroform, adding 100 Lll of A,0-bis(trimethylsilyl)acetamide and 20 Lll of trimethylchlorosilane, then seal, and heat for 2 hours at 60°. When only 5a-estrane-3P,17a-diol is to be confirmed the methoxime formation can be omitted. Prepare a 2-cm column of Sephadex LH-20 in a Pasteur pipette with a cotton wool plug, using a... 

The presence of proline in positions 7, 10, and 13 of a preparation of AFGP-8 was confirmed by Edman degradation (Morris et al., 1978), but no sequences with prolines in all of the 7, 10, and 13 positions were found by mass spectrometry. Preparations of AFGP-8 from T. borchgrevinki consist almost entirely of a mixture with the following three sequences in the approximate proportions indicated (Morris et al, 1978) ... 

What Is Mass Spectrometry (prepared by the American Society for Mass Spectrometiy) ... 

Low-temperature sublimation, which in some circumstances is termed freeze-drying, has been used to separate water, as ice, from biological fluids such as serum, urine, or saliva. The technique has been particularly useful in pediatric cases where sample volumes have been extremely low. Determinations have then been accomplished using infrared spectroscopy or mass spectrometry. Preparation of physiological samples for determination of deuteri-mn oxide has included sublimation techniques prior to spectrophotometric determinations. 

Gold is a useflil caUbration standard for this method (see Radioactive tracers). Whereas similar sensitivities can be achieved by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (qv), the latter requires more extensive sample preparation to overcome interference by other metals such as copper (64). 

Spectrometric Analysis. Remarkable developments ia mass spectrometry (ms) and nuclear magnetic resonance methods (nmr), eg, secondary ion mass spectrometry (sims), plasma desorption (pd), thermospray (tsp), two or three dimensional nmr, high resolution nmr of soHds, give useful stmcture analysis information (131). Because nmr analysis of or N-labeled amino acids enables determiaation of amino acids without isolation from organic samples, and without destroyiag the sample, amino acid metaboHsm can be dynamically analy2ed (132). Proteia metaboHsm and biosynthesis of many important metaboUtes have been studied by this method. Preparative methods for labeled compounds have been reviewed (133). 

The very low Hg concentration levels in ice core of remote glaciers require an ultra-sensitive analytical technique as well as a contamination-free sample preparation methodology. The potential of two analytical techniques for Hg determination - cold vapour inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (CV ICP-SFMS) and atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS) with gold amalgamation was studied. 

The complex of the following destmctive and nondestmctive analytical methods was used for studying the composition of sponges inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry (ICP-MS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Techniques of sample preparation were developed for each method and their metrological characteristics were defined. Relative standard deviations for all the elements did not exceed 0.25 within detection limit. The accuracy of techniques elaborated was checked with the method of additions and control methods of analysis. 

ICPMS is uniquely able to borrow a quantitation technique from molecular mass spectrometry. Use of the isotope dilution technique involves the addition of a spike having a different isotope ratio to the sample, which has a known isotope ratio. This is usefiil for determining the concentration of an element in a sample that must undergo some preparation before analysis, or for measuring an element with high precision and accuracy. ... 

ASTM El078, Standard guide for procedures for specimen preparation, mounting, and analysis in auger electron spectroscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and secondary ion mass spectrometry. ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA. 

Phenyl-2//-triazolo[4,5-/]quinoline was prepared and used as optical bright-ener, light, and drug stabilizer (86GEP1), whereas 3,5,7-3//-trimethyl-triazolo[4, 5-/]quinoline was identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry as a water pollutant of the Shinano River (Japan) (82MI6). 

I. Eeirer, V. Pichon, M. C. Hennion and D. Barcelo, Automated sample preparation with exti action columns by means of anti-isoproturon immunosorbents for the determination of phenylurea herbicides in water followed by liquid chi omatography diode array detection and liquid clrromatogi aphy-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry , 7. Chromatogr. Ill 91-98 (1997). 

In order to reduce or eliminate off-line sample preparation, multidimensional chromatographic techniques have been employed in these difficult analyses. LC-GC has been employed in numerous applications that involve the analysis of poisonous compounds or metabolites from biological matrices such as fats and tissues, while GC-GC has been employed for complex samples, such as arson propellants and for samples in which special selectivity, such as chiral recognition, is required. Other techniques include on-line sample preparation methods, such as supercritical fluid extraction (SFE)-GC and LC-GC-GC. In many of these applications, the chromatographic method is coupled to mass spectrometry or another spectrometiic detector for final confirmation of the analyte identity, as required by many courts of law. 

Other methods of identification include the customary preparation of derivatives, comparisons with authentic substances whenever possible, and periodate oxidation. Lately, the application of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has provided an elegant approach to the elucidation of structures and stereochemistry of various deoxy sugars (18). Microcell techniques can provide a spectrum on 5-6 mg. of sample. The practicing chemist is frequently confronted with the problem of having on hand a few milligrams of a product whose structure is unknown. It is especially in such instances that a full appreciation of the functions of mass spectrometry can be developed. 

Both PS-A and PS-B have a tendency to hydrate like panal, and they also form adducts with methylamine. The adducts, PS-A/MA and PS-B/MA, are prepared by incubating PS-A or PS-B in 75 % methanol containing an excess amount of methylamine hydrochloride plus some sodium acetate to neutralize the HC1, at 45°C for 30 min. The adducts can be purified by HPLC on a PRP-1 column (80% acetonitrile containing 0.05% acetic acid). Their chemical structures have been determined by NMR and mass spectrometry as shown in Fig. 9.8 (p. 288). Both adducts are colorless and show an absorption maximum at 218 nm. 

Structure determination of luciferin. Once a luciferin is obtained in a sufficient purity, the determination of luciferin structure should be attempted most of the important properties of luciferin are usually already obtained during the course of purification as a necessity. The structural study is considerably more straightforward than the extraction and purification, due to the availability of advanced methods, such as high-resolution mass spectrometry and various NMR techniques. If help or collaboration is needed in structure determination, the attractiveness of a luciferin will make it easy to find a good collaborator. However, the purified luciferin is usually an extremely precious material considering the effort spent in preparing it. To avoid accidental loss of the purified material, the chosen collaborator must have solid knowledge and experience in structure determination a criterion to be considered is that the person has successfully done the structure determination of at least one new natural product. 

Losses of 28 and 29 Daltons from the molecular ion suggests that the hydroxyl group is attached to the benzene ring, thus eliminating structure I. By preparing a TMS derivative, the presence of the hydroxyl group can be established. However, the position of the aromatic substitution cannot be determined using only mass spectrometry. 

Table 3.12 Application of MALDI-TOF or ESI Mass Spectrometry to Polymers Prepared by Radical Polymerization...

Mizutani and coworkers57a confirmed the presence of polychloro(methylsulfonyl)biphenyls (159-170) as sulfur-containing metabolites of chlorobiphenyls (Cl-BP) in the feces of mice based on both GLC-mass spectrometry and chemical derivatization. In some cases comparison with authentic samples (161 and 162) was also made. When preparing 161 and 162,2,5-dichloro-3-(methylsulfonyl)aniline, 2,5-dichloro-l-iodo-3-(methylsulfonyl)benzene and 2,2, 5,5 -tetrachloro-3,3 -bis(methyl-sulfonyl)biphenyl were also obtained and their four peak El mass spectra reported572. Similar data were given for the corresponding 4-substituted intermediates, which were involved in the preparation of 162. Also 2,4, 5-trichloro-2 -(methylsulfonyl)-biphenyl was prepared and its four peak mass spectra given. Metabolites 163 and 164 were also identified by comparison with the authentic standards. 

Mandal and Hay28 used MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to determine the absolute molecular masses and endgroups of 4-phenylphenol novolac resins prepared in xylene or chlorobenzene. Peaks with a mass difference of 44 (the molecular weight of a xylene endgroup) suggested that reactions conducted in xylene included some incorporation of xylene onto the chain ends when a strong acid such as sulfuric acid was used to catalyze the reaction. By contrast, no xylene was reacted into the chain when a milder acid catalyst such as oxalic acid was used. No chlorobenzene was incorporated regardless of the catalyst used. 

Brain et al. [137] reported a tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) procedure by which a direct measurement from an n-pentane extract of a surfactant is possible. This procedure is excellent from the standpoint of sensitivity and simplicity of sample preparation but is not commonly applied because of the need of an MS-MS instrument. 

In contrast, another group35 found that extracts of E. coli contained a mixture of pentulose phosphates at a concentration near 0.3 nmol per mg of the dry weight of cells. The sugars were estimated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after treatment of the extract with phosphatase followed by silylation, or borohydride reduction and acetylation. Furthermore, a partially purified preparation from these extracts catalyzed the synthesis of 1-deoxypentulose... 

As was suggested in the preceding discussion, most of the arene complexes isolated by metal-atom techniques are benzene derivatives. However, heterocyclic ligands are also known to act as 5- or 6-electron donors in transition-metal 7r-complexes (79), and it has proved possible to isolate heterocyclic complexes via the metal-atom route. Bis(2,6-di-methylpyridine)Cr(O) was prepared by cocondensation of Cr atoms with the ligand at 77 K (79). The red-brown product was isolated in only 2% yield the stoichiometry was confirmed by mass spectrometry, and the structure determined by X-ray crystal-structure analysis, which supported a sandwich formulation. 

The preparative reactions were conducted in sealed tubes in which — 1-3 g of the reagents had been placed. After the vessels had been maintained at the indicated temperatures for the designated times, the contents were removed, to be separated by fractional condensation and GLC. In addition to the (trifluoromethyl)Group 4A halides reported next, each sample contained unreacted (CFalaHg, the expected (tri-fluoromethyDmercuric halide, and the mercuric halide, identified by fluorine-NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. 

A structurally related tetrameric macroheterocycle is compound 13 that is prepared in a one-pot synthesis (yield 64%) from salicylaldehyde and (3-aminophenyl)boronic acid in methanol (Fig. 4). Due to its insolubility it has been characterized only by mass spectrometry. If a substitutent is introduced at the imine function (R = Me, Ph), trimeric structures (14 and 15) are... 

Carbocations are intermediates in several kinds of reactions. The more stable ones have been prepared in solution and in some cases even as solid salts, and X-ray crystallographic structures have been obtained in some cases. An isolable dioxa-stabilized pentadienylium ion was isolated and its structure was determined by h, C NMR, mass spectrometry (MS), and IR. A P-fluoro substituted 4-methoxy-phenethyl cation has been observed directly by laser flash photolysis. In solution, the carbocation may be free (this is more likely in polar solvents, in which it is solvated) or it may exist as an ion pair, which means that it is closely associated with a negative ion, called a counterion or gegenion. Ion pairs are more likely in nonpolar solvents. 

S2O was first prepared by Schenk in 1933 but he did not recognize it as such but denoted it as sulfurmonoxide [7]. Meschi and Myers [8] showed by mass spectrometry in 1956 that Schenk s sulfurmonoxide was a 1 1 mixture of S2O and SO2 in accordance with Eq. (1). Therefore, S2O was usually called sulfurmonoxide in the literature before 1956 and to some extent even up to 1960. Sometimes it was erroneously believed that S2O2 is present... 

Raw foods were freeze-dried and analyzed for carbon isotopes using mass spectrometry. Cooked foods were prepared following historic recipes, then were freeze-dried prior to analysis. For the trace element analysis, foods (both raw and cooked) were wet ashed using nitric acid in Teflon lined pressure vessels and digested in a CEM Microwave oven. Analysis of Sr, Zn, Fe, Ca and Mg was performed using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry in the Department of Geology, University of Calgary. 

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