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Reactive MALDI Mass Spectrometry: Application to High Mass Alkanes and Polyethylene

Published

Author(s)

William E. Wallace

Abstract

A molecular solid of fullerene (C60) intercalated with cobalt cyclopentadienyl dicarbonyl (CoCp(CO)2) was shown to be an effective matrix for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI) of large alkanes (demonstrated up to C94H190) and polyethylenes that otherwise cannot be produced as intact ions in the gas phase.
Citation
Chemical Communications
Volume
2007

Keywords

analytical chemistry, molecular mass distribution, organometallic, petroleum, polyolefin, synthetic polymer

Citation

Wallace, W. (2007), Reactive MALDI Mass Spectrometry: Application to High Mass Alkanes and Polyethylene, Chemical Communications, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=852762 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created August 21, 2007, Updated February 19, 2017