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Why does ion pairing suit mass spectrometry poorly?

  • A.The reagent is too viscous to nebulise
  • B.The reagent reacts with the analyte irreversibly
  • C.The reagent suppresses ionisation in the source
  • D.The reagent absorbs at the detector's wavelength

Answer: C

A non-volatile ion-pairing reagent competes for charge in the electrospray droplet and contaminates the source, so the analyte's signal falls sharply. Absorbance is an issue for an optical detector rather than a spectrometer, viscosity is unremarkable, and no reaction occurs. That an additive solving a chromatographic problem creates a detection one is exactly the coupling between the two halves of a hyphenated method that has to be thought through in advance.

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