This application aims at maintaining and expanding the characterization of chemical compounds via mass spectrometry (MS) within the Research Group of Organic Chemistry (ORGC) at the VUB. The current MS equipment, for selected applications coupled to liquid chromatography (LC), serves to confirm the identity, purity and molecular fingerprint of compounds, some of which can only be validated via this technique (e.g. peptides, (labelled) proteins). While the available equipment runs continuously for routine analysis of various molecules, it is outdated and service on the machine cannot be ...