Issue 9, 2014

Comprehensive analysis of metalloporphyrins via high irradiance laser ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Abstract

High-irradiance laser ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LI-TOFMS), an established technique for elemental determination, has been applied for the analysis of metalloporphyrins. Many porphyrins and their metal complexes, being organometallic compounds, are hard to dissolve in general organic solvents, hampering the wider application of traditional mass spectrometric techniques. With LI-TOFMS, an environmentally friendly analytical strategy has been demonstrated, which is capable of matrix- and solvent-free analysis of metalloporphyrins, with advantages including direct solid sampling, ease of implementation, and avoidance of sample pre-treatment. Moreover, information about elemental composition, fragments, and intact molecules can be obtained simultaneously using LI-TOFMS, hence expediting the identification of metalloporphyrins. A comparative study of LI-, laser desorption ionization (LDI-), matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI-) and electrospray ionization (ESI-) mass spectrometry (MS) has also been conducted.

Graphical abstract: Comprehensive analysis of metalloporphyrins via high irradiance laser ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Article information

Article type
Technical Note
Submitted
17 Apr 2014
Accepted
17 Jun 2014
First published
17 Jun 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014,29, 1714-1719

Comprehensive analysis of metalloporphyrins via high irradiance laser ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Z. Yin, B. Sun, X. Wang, X. Cheng, W. Hang and B. Huang, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 1714 DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00126E

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