The 3D quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer as a complete chemical laboratory for fundamental gas-phase studies of metal mediated chemistry.
Electrospray ionization provides a "treasure trove" of metal containing ions whose fundamental reactivity can be studied via collision induced dissociation and ion-molecule reactions using the multistage mass spectrometry capabilities of the quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. Examples of metal mediated chemistry relevant to catalysis, C-C bond coupling, bioinorganic and supramolecular chemistry are highlighted.
School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. rohair@unimelb.edu.au
Richard A J
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