Development of amino acid derivatization reagents for liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis and ionization efficiency measurements. 2015

Riin Rebane, and Toomas Rodima, and Agnes Kütt, and Koit Herodes
Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14a, 50411 Tartu, Estonia. Electronic address: riin.rebane@ut.ee.

Derivatization is one of the most common ways for improving chromatographic separation and sensitivity for LC-ESI-MS analysis. The aim of this work was to design new derivatization reagents for LC-ESI-MS analysis of amino acids which would (1) provide good reversed phase chromatographic separation, (2) most importantly, provide low detection limits, (3) be easily synthesized, (4) produce derivatives which are less susceptible to matrix influences and (5) have convenient derivatization procedure with stable derivatives suitable for automatization. In the current work two new LC-ESI-MS compatible derivatization reagents have been designed and synthesized, dibenzyl ethoxymethylene malonate (DBEMM) and benzyl ethyl ethoxymethylene malonate (EBEMM). The DBEMM meets all the goals set with instrumental detection limits as low as 1 femtomole for amino acids and 40 attomole for selenoamino acids.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007202 Indicators and Reagents Substances used for the detection, identification, analysis, etc. of chemical, biological, or pathologic processes or conditions. Indicators are substances that change in physical appearance, e.g., color, at or approaching the endpoint of a chemical titration, e.g., on the passage between acidity and alkalinity. Reagents are substances used for the detection or determination of another substance by chemical or microscopical means, especially analysis. Types of reagents are precipitants, solvents, oxidizers, reducers, fluxes, and colorimetric reagents. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p301, p499) Indicator,Reagent,Reagents,Indicators,Reagents and Indicators
D008314 Malonates Derivatives of malonic acid (the structural formula CH2(COOH)2), including its salts and esters.
D000596 Amino Acids Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins. Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino
D056148 Chromatography, Reverse-Phase A chromatography technique in which the stationary phase is composed of a non-polar substance with a polar mobile phase, in contrast to normal-phase chromatography in which the stationary phase is a polar substance with a non-polar mobile phase. Chromatography, Reversed-Phase Liquid,Reversed-Phase Chromatography,Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography,Reverse-Phase Chromatography,Reverse-Phase Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, Reverse Phase,Chromatography, Reversed-Phase,Reverse Phase Chromatography,Reversed Phase Chromatography
D057230 Limit of Detection Concentration or quantity that is derived from the smallest measure that can be detected with reasonable certainty for a given analytical procedure. Limits of Detection,Detection Limit,Detection Limits
D019697 Onions Herbaceous biennial plants and their edible bulbs, belonging to the Allium genus. Allium cepa,Allium porrum,Leeks,Leek,Onion
D021241 Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization A mass spectrometry technique used for analysis of nonvolatile compounds such as proteins and macromolecules. The technique involves preparing electrically charged droplets from analyte molecules dissolved in solvent. The electrically charged droplets enter a vacuum chamber where the solvent is evaporated. Evaporation of solvent reduces the droplet size, thereby increasing the coulombic repulsion within the droplet. As the charged droplets get smaller, the excess charge within them causes them to disintegrate and release analyte molecules. The volatilized analyte molecules are then analyzed by mass spectrometry. ESI Mass Spectrometry,Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry, ESI,Spectrometry, ESI Mass

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