用质谱仪对不溶性合成聚合物进行结构性特征的降解策略
Thierry N J Fouquet1, Robert B Cody2, Laurence Charles3
1Bausch + Lomb, Inc., Rochester, New York, USA.
Mass spectrometry reviews
|August 2, 2024
概括
质谱学现在使用软电离技术分析聚合物,如电喷射 (ESI) 和矩阵辅助激光脱吸/电离 (MALDI). 本综述涵盖了分析高分子量或复杂聚合物的降解策略,这些分析方法不能采用标准方法.
科学领域:
- 聚合物化学 聚合物化学
- 分析化学 分析化学
- 质谱测量质量谱测量
背景情况:
- 软电离技术,电喷射 (ESI) 和矩阵辅助激光消耗/电离 (MALDI),已经彻底改变了对非挥发性宏分子的质谱学.
- 高分子量或结构复杂的合成聚合物往往会给ESI和MALDI带来挑战,因为它们的溶解度有限.
- 现有的这些聚合物的分析策略依赖于样本降解来产生更小的,可电离的碎片.
研究的目的:
- 对具有挑战性的合成聚合物进行质谱分析的分析性降解策略进行审查.
- 突出那些能够控制降解,保持结构信息的方法.
- 涵盖基于热,化学和反应性电离的降解方法.
主要方法:
- 自2000年代以来,在质谱源中实施的热降解策略的审查.
- 对离线样品预处理方法进行分析,以控制化学降解.
- 讨论最近反应性电离模式的进展,以在线化解与质谱相结合.
主要成果:
- 已开发出各种降解策略,以克服高分子量和复杂聚合物的电离限制.
- 控制的降解对于产生足够大以保留拓和建筑信息的碎片至关重要.
- 在线反应性电离方法是高效的聚合物分析的最新进展.
结论:
- 质谱学,在特定的降解策略的帮助下,是一种强大的工具,用于表征具有挑战性的合成聚合物.
- 降解方法的选择取决于聚合物结构和所需的分析信息.
- 反应性电离技术的持续发展有望在聚合物质谱学方面取得进一步的进步.
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