TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of t-butyldimethylsilylation in the gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis of physiologic compounds found in plasma using electron-impact ionization
AU - Frederick Schwenk, W.
AU - Berg, Peter J.
AU - Beaufrere, Bernard
AU - Miles, John M.
AU - Haymond, Morey W.
N1 - Funding Information:
’ This work was supported by NIH AM26989, Wasie and Mayo Foundations. Dr. Schwenk was supported by NIH AM07352. ’ To whom reprint requests should be addressed at Endocrine Research Unit, 5-164 West Joseph Buikiing Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 55905.
PY - 1984/8/15
Y1 - 1984/8/15
N2 - The use of N-methyl-N-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide to prepare the t-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives of a number of organic compounds (selected amino acids, α-keto acids, ketone bodies, free fatty acids, urea, glycerol, lactate, and pyruvate) is reported. These derivatives are particularly useful for gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis involving the use of stable isotopes and selected ion monitoring, since a peak of sufficient abundance at 57 mass/charge units below the molecular ion was always present, and was the result of the loss of one t-butyl group. In each case, this fragment contained the entire skeleton of the original compound, which permitted easy analysis using electron-impact ionization of these compounds alone or when labeled with stable isotopes in any nonexchangeable position.
AB - The use of N-methyl-N-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide to prepare the t-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives of a number of organic compounds (selected amino acids, α-keto acids, ketone bodies, free fatty acids, urea, glycerol, lactate, and pyruvate) is reported. These derivatives are particularly useful for gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis involving the use of stable isotopes and selected ion monitoring, since a peak of sufficient abundance at 57 mass/charge units below the molecular ion was always present, and was the result of the loss of one t-butyl group. In each case, this fragment contained the entire skeleton of the original compound, which permitted easy analysis using electron-impact ionization of these compounds alone or when labeled with stable isotopes in any nonexchangeable position.
KW - amino acids
KW - gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
KW - glycerol
KW - organic acids
KW - t-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives
KW - urea
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U2 - 10.1016/0003-2697(84)90431-7
DO - 10.1016/0003-2697(84)90431-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 6496921
AN - SCOPUS:0021763961
SN - 0003-2697
VL - 141
SP - 101
EP - 109
JO - Analytical Biochemistry
JF - Analytical Biochemistry
IS - 1
ER -