Stereochemical Effects in Mass Spectrometry - Determination of the Optical Purity of Enantiomers by Mass Spectrometry

Abstract
Due to the difference in reactivity of enantiomers with chiral reagents, it was found that in the Fast Atom Bombardment (FAB) mass spectra of enantiomer mixtures of R-α-phenylethylamine and S-α-phenylethylamine with a chiral reagent S-phosphorsaeure-(1,1′-bi-naphthyl-2,2′-diylester) (BNP acid), the relative abundance of the characteristic ion is linearly related to the composition of the mixture. We have, therefore, proposed a possible method for the determination of the optical purity of enantiomers by mass spectrometry.

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