Enumeration of hydroxyl groups of sugars and sugar alcohols by aqueous-based acetylation and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : RCM
Anthony Adeuya, Neil Price

Abstract

The properties of carbohydrates are determined in part by the number and stereochemical arrangement of their hydroxyl groups. To facilitate their analysis, rapid methods are needed to identify and enumerate hydroxyl groups in sugars and polyalcohols, especially methods that are water-based. The present report details the results of an alternative method for identification and enumeration of hydroxyl groups in aqueous media. It employs vinyl acetate to selectively derivatize hydroxyl groups in analytes, followed by analysis of the reaction mixtures by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). The method has been applied to several single and multi-component mixtures of monosaccharides and polyalcohols. The O-acetylated products were analyzed without chromatographic separation or purification by MALDI-TOF-MS. The mass spectra revealed consecutive ion peaks that are separated by 42 mass units as a consequence of displacement of one hydroxyl hydrogen by one acetyl group. A rapid and aqueous-based method is described to enumerate the hydroxyl groups in carbohydrates. The number of ion peaks due to derivatized products is determined by MALDI-TOF-MS, and corresponds to the number of f...Continue Reading

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