Sj. Lane et al., ANALYSIS OF THE SQUALESTATINS BY ONLINE PACKED CAPILLARY LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY COMBINED WITH ELECTROSPRAY MASS-SPECTROMETRY, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 7(10), 1993, pp. 953-956
A mixture of four squalestatins was separated and characterized by gra
dient packed capillary liquid chromatography combined with electrospra
y collision-induced dissociation mass spectrometry (ESI/CID/MS). Negat
ive-ion ESI was found to afford spectra typified by strong pseudo-mole
cular ions but providing little structural information. Structural inf
ormation was obtained using an ion-focusing RF-only octapole lens to p
rovide conditions for CID. The new method showed improvements in sensi
tivity when compared to existing thermospray and dynamic liquid second
ary-ion mass spectrometry methods.