The Mass Spectrometry society of Japan - The 68th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Japan

Abstract

Oral Sessions

Day 3, June 24(Fri.) 16:00-16:20 Room C (411 and 412)

Simultaneous Evaluation of the Optical Purity of Amino Acids Using a Chiral Copper Complex by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

(1Osaka City Univ., 2ORIST, 3Kansai Univ.)
Takashi Nakakoji1, Hirofumi Sato2, Hiroyuki Miyake1, Eiko Mieda1, Hideya Kawasaki3, Satoshi Shinoda1, Ryuichi Arakawa3, Hiroshi Tsukube1, Daisuke Ono2, oMotohiro Shizuma2

A mass spectrometric method for simultaneous determination of optical purity (enantiomeric excess) of free amino acids, without chromatographic separation, has been demonstrated using a quasi-racemic mixture of deuterium-labeled and unlabeled chiral copper(II) complexes.