title: Characterization of isopoly metal oxyanions using electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometry
abstract: Electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used to study dilute (10(-3) M) solutions of tungstate, vanadate and perrhenate oxyanions under acidic and basic conditions. The electrospray mass spectra of tungstate and vanadate solutions indicate the presence of protonated monomeric oxyanions in basic solution (pH approximately 10) and protonated polymeric species in acidic solutions (pH approximately 4). Monomeric perrhenate was the only species detected in both acidic and basic perrhenate solutions. For all three systems, the core metalate species detected by electrospray were consistent with reported speciation in aqueous solutions. Copyright 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Box 1822B, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA.
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Truebenbach
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Houalla
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hercules