CP-93,393 is a drug candidate at Pfizer. Flow-injection analysis-mass
spectrometry (FIA-MS) was used to monitor reaction completion for CP-9
3,393 reaction mixtures. FIA-MS provides essentially instantaneous res
ults, is relatively simple to operate, and is a universal system that
can be used to monitor any reaction as long as the product has a molec
ular weight that differs from the molecular weights of the reactants.
The mass spectrometer for these studies employed atmospheric pressure
chemical ionization. Samples were introduced into the mass spectromete
r with a flowing stream of solvent.