Abstract
A new, attractive application of the phase-system switching (PSS) technique is demonstrated. The PSS system is used in combination with liquid chromatography coupled to continuous-flow fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry (LC/CF-FABMS) to achieve flow-rate reduction from 1.0 mL/min in the high-performace liquid chromatography (HPLC) system to 15μL/min going into the mass spectrometer. In PSS, a compound of interest, in this case erythromycin 2′-ethylsuccinate, is enriched after the analytical separation, on a short trapping column, from which it is desorbed subsequently to the LC/MS interface. Optimal mobile phases and flow-rates can be used for the HPLC separation as well as for the mass spectrometric detection. Desorption of the analyte is achieved either by using a flow-rate of 15 μL/min without a splitter or a flow-rate of 230 μL/min with a splitter. Compared to the LC/CF-FAB MS methods using a conventional bore HPLC column and a splitter, improved detection limits for the model compound were achieved using the PSS method.
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