Miras Haralampos N, Wilson Elizabeth F, Cronin Leroy
WestCHEM, Department of Chemistry, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK G12 8QQ.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Mar 21(11):1297-311. doi: 10.1039/b819534j. Epub 2009 Feb 13.
Electrospray (ESI) and cryospray mass spectrometry (CSI-MS) are proving to be exceptionally versatile tools when used in conjunction with high resolution time-of-flight (TOF) systems to investigate the self-assembly of supramolecular architectures, inorganic coordination and organometallic compounds, labile molecules and clusters both from a structural and mechanistic point of view. In this feature article, we review very recent progress where mass spectrometry is being applied to highly labile and complex coordination and polyoxometalate (POM) cluster systems and we present some highlights from our initial electrospray and cryospray studies, which probe the self-assembly of inorganic cluster architectures. We discuss the major contributions of ESI and CSI-MS to labile and self-assembling inorganic architectures with great emphasis on future potential and ramifications for inorganic chemistry and the area of self-assembly as a whole.
电喷雾（ESI）和低温喷雾质谱（CSI-MS）与高分辨率飞行时间（TOF）系统结合使用时，已被证明是非常通用的工具，可从结构和机理的角度研究超分子结构、无机配位和有机金属化合物、不稳定分子和簇的自组装。在这篇专题文章中，我们回顾了质谱在高度不稳定和复杂的配位及多金属氧酸盐（POM）簇系统中的最新应用进展，并展示了我们最初的电喷雾和低温喷雾研究中的一些亮点，这些研究探讨了无机簇结构的自组装。我们讨论了ESI和CSI-MS对不稳定和自组装无机结构的主要贡献，特别强调了其对无机化学以及整个自组装领域的未来潜力和影响。
