Coupling of high temperature glass capillary columns to a mass spectrometer. GC/MS analysis of metalloporphyrins from Julia Creek oil shale samples

This paper reports on the instrumental and experimental prerequisites of the combination of high temperature gas chromatography (HTGC) with electron impact‐ (El) and chemical ionization (Cl) mass spectrometry (HTGC/EI/CIMS). It describes a newly developed high temperature GC/MS interface in detail and discusses the particular problems arising in HTGC/MS. The capabilities of the system are demonstrated by direct analyses of nickel‐ and vanadyl porphyrins, extracted from Julia Creek oil shale. The use of CI/NH 3 in the GC/MS analysis of metalloporphyrins is demonstrated for the first time.