ELECTROSPRAY TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTANOIC ACID)END-GROUPS ANALYSIS AND FRAGMENTATION MECHANISM

Authors
JEDLINSKI Z ADAMUS G KOWALCZUK M SCHUBERT R SZEWCZUK Z STEFANOWICZ P
Citation
Z. Jedlinski et al., ELECTROSPRAY TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTANOIC ACID)END-GROUPS ANALYSIS AND FRAGMENTATION MECHANISM, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 12(7), 1998, pp. 357-360
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy,"Chemistry Analytical
Journal title
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09514198
Volume
12
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
357 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-4198(1998)12:7<357:ETMOPA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry technique applied for the first time to aliphatic polyester analysis, allowed fast and reliable identification of the various macromolecules of poly(3-hydrox ybutanoic acid) (PHB), synthesized via ring-opening polymerization of beta-butyrolactone. It was demonstrated that the biomimetic polymers s tudied contain various end groups, depending on the anionic initiator employed, and show close similarity to the natural PHB produced by enz ymes in living cells of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.