Liquid Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry: BCH 4028 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry
Liquid Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry: BCH 4028 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry
Liquid Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry: BCH 4028 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry
Liquid chromatography
& Mass spectrometry
High
selectively
Detect High
compounds sensitivity
of interest
in a complex Detect only
matrix those masses
characteristic
of the
compounds
being
monitored
Interfacing LC & MS
LC MS
Process:
nebulization Ion
& charging desolvation
evaporation
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/ms/theory/esi-ionisation.html
API-Electrospray
Process:
nebulization &
desolvation ionization
nebulization occurs in a by corona
hot(typically 250 oC–400 oC) discharge
vaporizer chamber to
evaporate droplets
APCI
Scan vs. SIM
Scan
– detects signals over a mass range
max. qualitative info.
Clinical applications
Food applications
Environmental applications
Molecular weight determination Applications
Examples
peaks unresolved
Environmental applications Applications
has 2 Cl and
a 2nd ring
attached to
the first by
O
Further
reading
http://www.chem.agilent.com/scripts/Li
teratureresults.asp?iprodinfotype=4&ip
rodgroup=8
Videos
http://www.chem.agilent.com/Scripts/
Generic.ASP?lPage=8683&indcol=N&pro
dcol=Y