Identification of degradation artifacts formed upon treatment of hydroxydiether lipids from methanogens with methanolic HCl

1 August 1992

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Vol. 38 (8) , 764-768
https://doi.org/10.1139/m92-124

Abstract

Treatment of purified 3-hydroxydiether lipid from Methanosarcina barkeri by standard conditions for head-group removal (2.5% methanolic HCl, 70 °C) resulted in conversion to six identifiable degradation products. The four most abundant products were identified by mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance as monophytanylglycerol, 3-methoxydiether, and cis–trans isomers of a diether unsaturated between carbons 3 and 4. The latter lipid products may be mistaken for 2,3-di-O-phytanyl-sn-glycerol (standard diether) and 2-O-sesterterpanyl-3-O-phytanyl-sn-glycerol when separated by thin-layer chromatography. Key words: hydroxydiether lipids, degradation artifacts, methanolic HCl, Methanosarcina barkeri.

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