Optima grade formic acid and HPLC grade acetonitrile were obtained from Fisher Scientific (Fairlawn, NJ). HPLC grade acetone was
obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). Formamide (98%) was obtained from Aldrich (Milwaukee, WI) and Kasil 1 (Kasil)
was obtained from PQ Corporation (Valley Forge, PA). An Impulse Stripall® Thermal Wire Stripper (model
#TWC-1) with a Thermal Controller and mounting was obtained from Telodyne (San Diego, CA). Polyimide coated fused-silica
(FS) tubing of various dimensions (15 μm – 180 μm id x 360 μm od) was obtained from Polymicro
Technologies (Phoenix, AZ). Unless otherwise noted the various valves, fittings and stainless steel (SS) tubing were obtained from
Valco Instruments (Houston, TX).