Liquid chromatography electrospray mass spectrometry with variable fragmentor voltages gives simultaneous elemental and molecular detection of arsenic compounds.

A single quadrupole high performance liquid chromatography electrospray mass spectrometry system with a variable fragmentor voltage facility was used in the positive ion mode for simultaneous recording of elemental and molecular mass spectral data for arsenic compounds. The method was applicable to the seven organoarsenic compounds tested: four arsenic-containing carbohydrates (arsenosugars), a quaternary arsonium compound (arsenobetaine), dimethylarsinic acid, and dimethylarsinoylacetic acid. It was not suitable for the two inorganic arsenic species arsenite and arsenate. In the case of arsenosugars, qualifying ion data for a characteristic common fragment (m/z 237) was also simultaneously obtained. The method was used to identify and quantify the major arsenosugars in crude extracts of two brown algae.

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