MALDI TOF mass spectrometry for the characterization of phosphorus-containing dendrimers. Scope and limitations

…, CO Turrin, AM Caminade, JP Majoral

Index: Blais; Turrin; Caminade; Majoral Analytical Chemistry, 2000 , vol. 72, # 20 p. 5097 - 5105

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Abstract

Neutral phosphorus-containing dendrimers with aldehyde groups at the periphery have been analyzed using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) up to generation four. Although the expected quasi-molecular ion is generally observed, the mass spectral pattern, presence of fragments and adducts related to the original skeleton, is highly relevant to the sample preparation (nature of the ...