Investigation of potential degradation products of a newly synthesised β-lactam antibiotic by multi-stage liquid chromatography–electrospray mass spectrometry

Autor: Andrea Casazza, Marco Garzotti, Luca Rovatti, Mahmoud Hamdan
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of Chromatography A. 819:133-142
ISSN: 0021-9673
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(98)00485-3
Popis: This work describes the use of multi-stage liquid chromatography–electrospray mass spectrometry to characterise four potential degradation products associated with a suspension containing a newly synthesised β-lactam antibacterial compound. Initial identification of these degradates was obtained by analytical LC in which the mobile phase contained cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as ion-pairing agent and ammonium phosphate buffer, both of which are highly involatile making them incompatible with electrospray mass spectrometry. The use of multi-stage liquid chromatography maintained the initial LC conditions necessary for the desired separation and at the same time facilitated the use of mass spectrometry detection.
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