Quantitative Real-Time Monitoring of Chemical Reactions by Autosampling Flow Injection Analysis Coupled with Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry

Autor: Liguo Song, Kelsey D. Cook, Zhenqian Zhu, Mary Ellen P. McNally, John E. Bartmess, Ron M. Hoffman
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Analytical Chemistry. 84:7547-7554
ISSN: 1520-6882
0003-2700
DOI: 10.1021/ac3017136
Popis: Although qualitative and/or semiquantitative real-time monitoring of chemical reactions have been reported with a few mass spectrometric approaches, to our knowledge, no quantitative mass spectrometric approach has been reported so far to have a calibration valid up to molar concentrations as required by process control. This is mostly due to the absence of a practical solution that could well address the sample overloading issue. In this study, a novel autosampling flow injection analysis coupled with an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (FIA/APCI-MS) system, consisting of a 1 μL automatic internal sample injector, a postinjection splitter with 1:10 splitting ratio, and a detached APCI source connected to the mass spectrometer using a 4.5 in. long, 0.042 in. inner diameter (ID) stainless-steel capillary, was thus introduced. Using this system together with an optional FIA solvent modifier, e.g., 0.05% (v/v) isopropylamine, a linear quantitative calibration up to molar concentration has been achieved with 3.4-7.2% relative standard deviations (RSDs) for 4 replicates. As a result, quantitative real-time monitoring of a model reaction was successfully performed at the 1.63 M level. It is expected that this novel autosampling FIA/APCI-MS system can be used in quantitative real-time monitoring of a wide range of reactions under diverse reaction conditions.
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