On‐line liquid chromatography/thermospray mass spectrometry in the analysis of oligosaccharides

Abstract
The analysis of intact neutral oligosaccharides by on-line liquid chromatography/thermospray mass spectrometry is described. Molecular-weight information on oligomers up to a degree of polymerization of 10 is obtained using an aqueous mobile phase containing 10−4 mol/L sodium acetate, which was found to be compatible with thermospray interfacing and ionization. Ions due to sodiated and disodiated oligosaccharides are observed under these conditions without fragmentation. The aqueous 10−4 mol/L sodium acetate mobile phase is demonstated to be applicable in the separation of mixtures of oligosaccharides on a reversed-phase octadecyl-modified silica column.

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