Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 279, Issue 1, Pages 53-58Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2008.10.007
Keywords
MALDI-TOFMS; Cyclodextrin; Maltooligose; Alkali metal cation; Binding energy
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Ionization efficiencies of cyclodextrins and their linear compounds in matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionisation (MALDI) analysis were compared, and differences in the ionization efficiencies of alpha- and beta-cyclodextrins were also studied. The mass spectra showed a series of the [M+cation](+) ions but not the [M+H](+) ions. Alkali metal salts of Li(+), Na(+), K(+), and Cs(+) were used as the cationizing agents to enhance the ionization efficiency. Relative ion intensities of the ring compounds (alpha- and beta-cyclodextrins) were much larger than those of the linear ones (maltohexaose and maltoheptaose), and the difference showed an increasing trend with the size of the alkali metal cation. beta-Cyclodextrin had higher ionization efficiency than alpha-cyclodextrin and the difference increased by increasing the size of the alkali metal cation. It was also found that the ionization efficiency was affected by the counter anion of the salt. The higher ionization efficiencies of cyclodextrins were explained with the number of coordination sites and the binding energies. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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