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Monday, October 18, 2010

Schug Group, Fall 2010

From left (back row):  Doug Carlton (G), Caleb Hodge (UG), Hien Nguyen (G), Heather Tippens (UG), Dona Toumeh (UG), Jeremy Barnes (G), Kevin Schug, Aaron Morgan (UG); From left (bottom row):  Jon Bobbitt (UG), Li Li (G), Sam Yang (G), Hui "Helen" Fan (G), Hyunji Jeong (UG), Lauren Tedmon (UG), Huiyun "Jennifer" Wu (UG); Taken Oct. 11, 2010.

Volatile Buffers for LC-ESI-MS

A table of ESI-MS compatible volatile additive and buffer systems, taken from "Optimizing Reversed Phase HPLC Separations for High Throughput Applications," a technical report at http://www.mac-mod.com/tr/04041-tr.html.

A concentration of 1 to 10 mM for any of these is recommended.  The use of TFA in concentrations above 0.1% should be avoided in ESI-MS due to ion suppression effects.

Additive or Buffer
pKa
Buffer range
TFA
0.5
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Formic Acid
3.8
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Ammonium Formate
3.8
2.8 – 4.8
Acetic Acid
4.8
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Ammonium Acetate
4.8
3.8 – 5.8
4-Methylmorpholine
~8.4
7.4 – 9.4
Ammonium Bicarbonate
   6.3/9.2/10.3  
   6.8 – 11.3 
Ammonium Acetate
9.2
   8.2 – 10.2 
Ammonium Formate
9.2
   8.2 – 10.2
1-Methylpiperidine
10.1
   9.1 – 11.1
Triethylamine (acetate salt)
11.0
 10.0 – 12.0
Pyrrolidine
11.3
 10.3 – 12.3