
%0 Journal Article
%A Schier, GM 
%A Halpern, B 
%T The application of pyrolysis methylation and esterification to the mass spectrometric sequencing of small peptides
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1974/02/01
%V 27
%N 2
%P 393-397
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9740393
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9740393 
%X The derivatization of peptides for mass spectrometric sequencing involves treatment with trimethylanilinium hydroxide and methyl trifluoroacetate, followed by pyrolytic conversion to the corresponding TFA-peptide esters in the solid probe tip of a mass spectrometer. The mass spectra of TFA- peptide esters obtained by the pyrolysis procedure are essentially identical to reference spectra obtained from TFA derivatives prepared by conventional esterification procedures. 
