Mass Spectrometry and Gas‐Phase Chemistry of Supermolecules: A Primer

Abstract

Mass spectrometry offers unique tools to examine supermolecules in the gas phase. In this chapter, gas‐phase experiments that aim at determining the structures of supermolecules in solution and the gas phase, their reactivity in condensed phase and under environment‐free conditions, and their thermochemistry in the gas phase are discussed. A comparison of the gas‐phase properties with solution properties provides insight into the effects of solvation.

Metal‐Organic Frameworks and Metal‐Organic Cages – A Perspective

“…The multiply-charged MOCs fly with varying numbers of counterions, giving distinct patterns which can aid analysis. [64] With MOCs of low symmetry, or in systems of mixed MOCs, MS can often provide information when there would be too many overlapping signals for 1 H NMR spectroscopy to give clear information. MS experiments are usually regarded as qualitative and not quantitative.…”