Mass spectrometry of alditols as trimethylsilyl derivatives
Journal article, 1969

Trimethylsilyl ethers of alditols with 3, 4, 5 and 6 C atoms were investigated. The mass spectra are unusually clearly correlated with the structures. The predominant fragmentations are cleavages in the carbon chain and rearrangement loss of trimethylsilanol. The spectra are closely related to those of the methyl ethers. A spectrum unambiguously identifies a compound as an alditol and permits the determination of its molecular weight.

Me3Si derivatives

sugar alcohols

xylitol

separation

identification

Author

Göran Petersson

Department of Engineering Chemistry

Tetrahedron

Vol. 25 4437-4443

Subject Categories

Analytical Chemistry

DOI

10.1016/S0040-4020(01)82985-9

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10/7/2017