“…2 The medical product should be analysed, for example by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), for the toxic contaminant 4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazabicyclo- [8,8,8]hexacosane (Kryptofix 222) which is used as a catalyst for nucleophilic fluorination of 1,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-2-Otrifluoromethanesulfonyl-β-D-mannopyranose (mannose triflate). 3 The enantiomers, 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose, 2fluoro-2-deoxy-D-mannose and 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-Dgalactose have been resolved by HPLC on cation exchange resin in the Ca 2+ or Pb 2+ form, 4 but refractometric detection is not very sensitive and the salt solutions used are not suitable for an atmospheric-pressure ionization (API) mass-spectrometric detector (MSD) analysis. However, amino-column chromatography provides a rugged sugar analysis using acetonitrile + water eluants.…”