ISSN:
1052-9306
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
It is shown that under field desorption conditions some less volatile or non-volatile compounds such as oligosaccharides, sulphonic acids and fatty acids can be ionized below the threshold of field electron emission by clustering with anions. In all cases the sample, together with polyethylene oxide 4000, is dissolved in water. The source of the clustering anion is provided either by a small amount of a salt added to this solution (sugars) or by the compounds themselves (sulphonic and fatty acids). The solution is applied to unactivated and/or slightly activated 10 μm tungsten wire cathodes. Suitable clustering ions for the sugars appear to be [Cl]-, [NO3]- and to a lesser extent [Br]- and [I]-. Most of the sulphonic acids studied give rise to the formation of [Mn - H]- ions (n≤5), but their potassium salts yield only unclustered sulphonate anions. However, the addition of a small amount of LiCl to the mixture of benzene sulphonic acid and polyethylene oxide 4000 promotes the formation of clustered anions, [(M - H)2Li]- being by far the most abundant if activated cathodes are used. This addition of some LiCl is essential in the case of fatty acids: without LiCl no anions may be desorbed at all from activated wires, but with the presence of LiCl both [M - H]- and the most abundant [(M - H)2Li]- anions are easily generated.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bms.1200080706
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