Ming Li, Zhiqiang Liu, Huanwen Chen, Shuying Liu, Qinhan Jin
College of Chemistry, Institute of Miniature Analytical Instrumentation, Jilin Province Research Center for Engineering and Technology of Spectral Instruments, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
J Mass Spectrom. 2005 Aug;40(8):1072-5. doi: 10.1002/jms.882.
A novel mass spectrometric method is applied to rapid, accurate, quantitative analysis of chiral phenylglycine. Transition-metal-bound complex ions containing the chiral phenylglycine are generated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and subjected to collision-induced dissociation. The ratio of the two competitive dissociation rates is related to the enantiomeric composition of the mixture, allowing the determination of enantiomeric contamination in the intermediates.