Sj. Lane et al., ANALYSIS OF THE SQUALESTATINS BY ONLINE PACKED CAPILLARY LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY DYNAMIC LIQUID SECONDARY-ION MASS-SPECTROMETRY, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 7(6), 1993, pp. 492-495
A mixture of four squalestatins was separated and characterized by gra
dient-packed capillary liquid chromatography combined with dynamic liq
uid secondary-ion mass spectrometry (LSIMS). Thioglycerol/glycerol mat
rix was added post-column. Negative-ion LSIMS was found to afford spec
tra typified by strong molecular ions with structurally informative fr
agments. The new method showed improvements in sensitivity and specifi
city for this class of compound when compared to existing thermospray
methods.