MONITORING OF LIQUID-PHASE PEPTIDE-SYNTHESIS ON SOLUBLE POLYMER SUPPORTS VIA MATRIX-ASSISTED-LASER-DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS-SPECTROMETRY/
R. Thurmer et al., MONITORING OF LIQUID-PHASE PEPTIDE-SYNTHESIS ON SOLUBLE POLYMER SUPPORTS VIA MATRIX-ASSISTED-LASER-DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS-SPECTROMETRY/, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 12(7), 1998, pp. 398-402
Taking the enkephalin synthesis on soluble polyethylene glycol support
as a test case, this communication demonstrates the usefulness of mat
rix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrome
try to monitor each step of coupling as well as removal of the N-termi
nal protecting group of the polymer-bound growing peptide chain, With
minute amounts of sample the high mass accuracy permits detection of s
ide reactions as well as incomplete reaction products. (C) 1998 John W
iley & Sons, Ltd.