Chiral recognition and the determination of optical purity of some amino acid ester salts using monosaccharides as chiral selectors under liquid secondary ion mass spectral conditions†

Naturally occuring monosaccharides D-mannose, D-galactose and D-glucose have been used for the first time as co-matrices for chiral recognition and for the determination of optical purity of the enantiomers of α-amino acid methyl ester hydrochlorides.