Degradation and selective desorption of polymer can cause uncertainty in MALDI (matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation) measurements

Polymerisation of methyl methacrylate wi

Polymerisation of methyl methacrylate with tert-butyllithium and triisobutylaluminium in toluene: mechanism of initiation and termination by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI TOF MS)

✍ Kirsty H. Hunt; Martin C. Crossman; David M. Haddleton; Paul M. Lloyd; Peter J. 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 387 KB

## Abstract The polymerisation of methyl methacrylate (MMA) using triisobutylaluminium/__tert__‐butyllithium in hydrocarbon at 0°C and −78°C has been investigated by matrixassisted laser desorption ionisation time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (MALDI TOF MS). Although the system gives extremely good