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  • Title: CE-ESI-MS separation of divalent organic and inorganic anions using a tricationic complexing reagent.
    Author: Gerardi AR, Lin X, Breitbach ZS, Armstrong DW, Colyer CL.
    Journal: Electrophoresis; 2012 Feb; 33(4):734-40. PubMed ID: 22451068.
    Abstract:
    A tricationic ion-pairing reagent, 1,3,5-1-butyl-3-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene, was used to form complexes with doubly charged anions for their subsequent analysis by capillary electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (CE-ESI-MS) in the positive-ion mode. This methodology offers the advantages of greater versatility and sensitivity relative to direct detection of the anions in negative-ion mode, and it can be realized by a number of possible complexation strategies, including pre-column, on-column, and post-column modes. Three model anions, sulfate [SO₄²⁻], thiosulfate [TSFA, S₂O₃²⁻], and benzenedisulfonate [BZDS, C₆H₄(SO₃)₂²⁻], were amenable to complexation with the tricationic reagent, yielding singly charged cations with greater mass-to-charge (m/z) ratios than the native analytes. By utilizing optimized parameters obtained through previous work with dicationic reagents and singly charged anions, including the CE separation buffer composition and pH, the concentration of the dicationic reagent, the mode of complexation, the nebulizing gas pressure, and the sheath liquid composition, it was possible to develop a robust CE-ESI-MS method appropriate for the analysis of divalent anions in a mixture.
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