Detection of complementary hydrogen bond complexes in water by electrospray ionization-Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

Complementary base paired complex formation of a thymidine-appended bolaamphiphile with adenosine derivatives was able to be detected with high resolution and high sensitivity in aqueous solutions by electrospray ionization-Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass (ESI-FTICR MS) spectrometry.