title: Enhanced carbohydrate structural selectivity in ion mobility-mass spectrometry analyses by boronic acid derivatization.
abstract: The boronic acid derivatization of carbohydrates is demonstrated as an ion mobility shift strategy to improve confidence in the identification and characterization of carbohydrate assignments using ion mobility-mass spectrometry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
authors.forename: Larissa S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Fenn
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001897:Boronic Acids; D002241:Carbohydrates