Linear and cyclic polylactic acids (PLAs) were characterized using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) as part of our ongoing investigation of the hydrolysis mechanism of biodegradable polymers. The condensation oligomers of linear polylactic acid (LPLA) were synthesized by thermal dehydration of L-lactic acid. The trimer and tetramer base polymers of cyclic polylactic acid (CPLA) were obtained by cyclization reactions of lactic acid trimers and tetramers, respectively. In the ESI-MS/MS measurement, LPLA yielded three types of product ion series, while CPLA yielded only one type, from which the repeated units of CPLA were removed. The MS/MS spectrum of the NH4+ adduct ion for both cyclic and linear PLA showed loss of one ammonia molecule. The postsource decay (PSD) spectrum of CPLA by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry was similar to the ESI-MS/MS spectrum, while that of LPLA was different. In addition, the degradation of cyclic and linear PLAs by solvolysis was investigated. Solvolysis with anhydrous MeOH was quite feasible, but did not readily occur in the presence of even a small amount of water in the MeOH solvent. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
作为我们正在进行的
生物可降解聚合物
水解机制研究的一部分,使用电喷雾电离质谱 (ESI-MS) 对线性和环状聚
乳酸 (P
LA) 进行了表征。通过
L-乳酸热脱
水合成线性聚
乳酸(
LPLA)缩合低聚物。环状聚
乳酸(
CPLA)的三聚体和四聚体基础聚合物分别通过
乳酸三聚体和四聚体的环化反应获得。在ESI-MS/MS测量中,
LPLA产生三种类型的产物离子系列,而
CPLA仅产生一种类型,其中
CPLA的重复单元被去除。环状和线性 P
LA 的 NH4+ 加合离子的 MS/MS 谱显示损失了一个
氨分子。基质辅助激光解吸电离 (MALDI) 质谱法得到的
CPLA 的源后衰变 (P
SD) 谱与 ESI-MS/MS 谱相似,而
LPLA 的谱则不同。此外,还研究了溶剂分解对环状和线性 P
LA 的降解作用。用无
水MeOH进行溶剂分解是相当可行的,但在MeOH溶剂中即使存在少量
水也不容易发生。版权所有 © 2006 约翰·威利父子有限公司