| Abstract: | In a mixture of primary and secondary aliphatic amines, the primary amines were derivatized (masked) with o‐phthalaldehyde (OPA) followed by derivatization of the remaining secondary amines with ferrocenecarboxylic acid chloride (FAC). The “tagged” amines were analyzed by LC‐EC (liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection) using in‐series dual electrode detection. Chemically‐reversible oxidation of the FAC tagged secondary amines and their subsequent complementary oxidation and reduction signals coupled with chemically‐irreversible oxidation of OPA tagged primary amines provided the selectivity for quantitative secondary amine analysis. The procedure was also applied for the selective identification of fragment 4–11 (N‐terminus‐proline) of Substance P in the presence of other Substance P fragments with primary amino acids as their N‐termini. |
