ELECTROSPRAY IONISATION TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY OF POLY (R, S)-3-HYDROXYBUTANOIC ACID TELECHELICS CONTAINING PRIMARY HYDROXY END GROUPS

Evaluation of polymer end-capping reactions with the aid of electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry techniques (ESI-MS(n)) allows characterisation of novel poly[(R, S)-3-hydroxybutanoic acid]-(a-PHB) telechelics, containing primary hydroxyl groups at both polymer chain ends. The chemical structures of individual mass-selected macromolecules of the well-defined a-PHB telechelics have been defined in this way, and fragmentation mechanisms have been proposed. Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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