Fig. 2. Drift tube ion mobility separation (DTIMS) of isomeric HS standards.
Intact HS standards were subjected to DTIMS to define collision cross section (CCS) values. Variant degrees of separation were observed for (a), Disaccharides ΔUA-GlcNAc6S (#2) and ΔUA2S-GlcNAc (#7). b Tetrasaccharides GlcA-GlcNAc6S-GlcA-GlcNAc6S-R1 (#9) and IdoA-GlcNAc6S-IdoA-GlcNAc6S-R1 (#10), where R1 is (CH2)5NH2. c Octasaccharides GlcNAc6S-[IdoA-GlcNAc6S]3-IdoA-R2 (#19) and GlcNAc6S-[GlcA-GlcNAc6S]3-GlcA-R2 (#20), where R2 is C7H7O. d Decasaccharides GlcNAc6S-[IdoA-GlcNAc6S]4-IdoA-R2 (#27) and GlcNAc6S-[GlcA-GlcNAc6S]4-GlcA-R2 (#28), where R2 is C7H7O. Full details of structures and CCS values are provided in Supplementary Tables 1 and 2.