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Semi-Targeted Ultra-High-Performance Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Phenolic Metabolites in Plasma of Elderly Adults
Published on: April 22, 2022
Capillary supercritical fluid chromatography/mass spectrometry of phenolic mannich bases with dimethyl ether modified
U Fuchslueger1, G Socher, H J Grether
1Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc., Performance Polymers, K-402.5.03, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland, and Institut für Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Wien, A-1060 Wien, Austria.
Abstract:
The analysis of phenolic Mannich bases [Formula: see text] which are used as hardeners and accelerators for epoxy resins [Formula: see text] by capillary supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) with dimethyl ether modified ethane as the mobile phase is described. The elution properties of several different mobile phases with respect to amines are shown. SFC with UV detection is coupled via a custom-built interface to a mass spectrometer with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization. Two technically important Mannich bases prepared by different production processes are characterized and compared with respect to their byproducts. The role of dimethyl ether during the ionization process and the fragmentation of phenolic Mannich bases is discussed.
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