1 µl of derivatised sample was injected into a GC-QqQ-MS system comprised of a Gerstel
2.5.2 Autosampler, a
7890A Agilent gas chromatograph and a 7000 Agilent triple-quadrupole MS (Agilent, Santa Clara, USA) with an electron impact (EI) ion source. The GC was operated in constant flow mode with helium as carrier gas. The MS was adjusted according to the manufacturer's recommendations using tris-(perfluorobutyl)-amine (CF43). A J&W Scientific VF-5MS column (30 m long with 10 m guard column, 0.25 mm inner diameter, 0.25 µm film thickness) was used. The injection temperature was set at 250 °C, the MS transfer line at 290 °C, the ion source was adjusted to 230 °C and the quadrupole at 150 °C. Helium was used as carrier gas at flow rate of 1 ml min -1 . Nitrogen (UHP 5.0) was used as collision cell gas at flow rate of 1.5 ml min -1 . Helium (UHP 5.0) was used as quenching gas at a flow rate of 2.25 ml min -1 . Gain factor for the triple axis detector was set at 2. Derivatised sample was injected into the column at 100 °C followed by 1 min hold, followed by a ramp of 25 °C min -1 to 325 °C.
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