A gas-to-solid phase methanolysis method for the analysis of oligosaccharides is presented. The advantages of using this new gas-to-solid phase method, as opposed to conventional bulk phase techniques, are described, along with comparisons of results obtained from both techniques. The reliable bulk phase methanolysis methods are used as benchmarks for assessing the extent of completion of the gas-to-solid reactions. Gas chromatographic – mass spectrometric (GC–MS) data show that, in general, higher temperatures and longer reaction times are required for completion of the gas-to-solid methanolysis process than for completion of the bulk phase reaction. On the other hand, the gas-to-solid procedure requires only minimal amounts of substrate that would be difficult to characterize using bulk phase methanolysis due to losses during clean-up procedures. Gas-to-solid methanolysis reactions of permethylated di- and trisaccharides were investigated (GC–FID and GC–MS), following initial experiments performed in order to characterize the GC retention times and mass spectra of permethylated standard monosaccharides. Conversion of neutral disaccharides, as well as neutral and acidic trisaccharides, to their respective monosaccharides was successful using the gas-to-solid method. The GC–FID and GC–MS traces show that the gas-to-solid method gives a cleaner reaction than the bulk phase method. Key words: oligosaccharides, methanolysis, permethylation, gas chromatography – mass spectrometry, mass spectrometry.
本文介绍了一种气-固相甲醇解法用于分析低聚糖。与传统的大量相技术相比,使用这种新的气-固相方法的优点被描述,并对两种技术得到的结果进行了比较。可靠的大量相甲醇解法被用作评估气-固反应完成程度的基准。气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)数据表明,通常需要更高的温度和更长的反应时间才能完成气-固相甲醇解过程,而不是完成大量相反应。另一方面,气-固过程仅需要少量的底物,这些底物在清洁过程中很难用大量相甲醇解法表征。对甲基化的二糖和三糖进行了气-固相甲醇解反应的研究(GC-FID和GC-MS),并进行了初步实验以表征甲基化标准单糖的GC保留时间和质谱图。使用气-固法成功地将中性二糖以及中性和酸性三糖转化为它们各自的单糖。GC-FID和GC-MS图表明,与大量相法相比,气-固法给出了更干净的反应。关键词:低聚糖,甲醇解,甲基化,气相色谱-质谱,质谱。