title: Mass spectrometric study of randomly methylated beta-cyclodextrins using ionspray, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization.
abstract: Mixtures of methylated beta-cyclodextrins were characterized using three different methods of mass spectrometry: ionspray, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI). Each of these methods allows a fast and simple determination of the degree of substitution, and can provide evidence for differences in the methylation of batches which have very similar global degrees of substitution. The three methods are in good qualitative agreement, but there are systematic differences in the quantitative results for the percentages of the various methylated molecules present in a batch. This is attributed to ionization yields which increase with the number of methyl groups, with different slopes for the different methods.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique, UFR Sciences, Universit¿e d'Orl¿eans, BP 6759, 45067 Orleans, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Debrun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dreux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elfakir
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hakim
mesh_terms: D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008745:Methylation; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins
chemical_list: D003505:Cyclodextrins; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C031215:betadex