CURRENT MASS-SPECTROMETRIC METHODS IN ORGANIC-CHEMISTRY

This review is intended to provide an outline of the basic principles of operation and current developments of mass spectrometric techniques applicable to the field of organic chemistry. New ionization techniqu es, particularly useful for the analysis of polar and high molecular w eight materials, introduced during the past few years are reported tog ether with more traditional methods of ion formation. Various mass ana lyzers, suitable for single or multiple mass identification processes are described. Applications of mass spectrometry to certain Glasses of organic compounds, such as steroids, alkaloids, carbohydrates and por phyrins are illustrated with examples. All spectral data reported here have been obtained in the authors' laboratory.