By jborras on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 10:31 am:
I need a method to derivatizate fatty acids (ex: acetic,propionic...)easily to improve the response of my FID?? Thanks,
By Anonymous on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 - 11:17 am:
Esterification is the most commonly used. Diazomethane and propanol/Boron trifluoride being the most favored.
Depending upon the matrix and column, another suitable alcohol can be selected as needed.
There are books galore that have detailed methods.
Handbook of Analytical Derivatization Reactions, Knapp, John Wiley&Son , Inc 1979 comes to mind.
Better you read it there than you read it here.