The baseline resolution of Aldo-monosaccharide enantiomers: Simplified GC-MS analyses using acetal-trifluoroacetyl derivatives for complex samples.

A variety of scientific and technical fields rely on the analysis of monosaccharides (sugars). However, the multiple isomer forms of individual monosaccharides have long hampered their analyses in complex samples: significant chromatographic co-elution often leads to the loss of information on individual compounds. In addition, the chromatographic enantiomer resolution of monosaccharides has of course received less attention than molecular resolution.