Use of ion-mobility mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) to map polyoxometalate Keplerate clusters and their supramolecular assemblies

Philip J Robbins; Andrew J Surman; Johannes Thiel; De-Liang Long; Leroy Cronin

doi:10.1039/c3cc38615e

Use of ion-mobility mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) to map polyoxometalate Keplerate clusters and their supramolecular assemblies

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Mar 7;49(19):1909-11. doi: 10.1039/c3cc38615e. Epub 2013 Jan 30.

Authors

Philip J Robbins¹, Andrew J Surman, Johannes Thiel, De-Liang Long, Leroy Cronin

Affiliation

¹ WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.

PMID: 23364185
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc38615e

Abstract

We present the high-resolution (HRES-MS) and ion-mobility (IMS-MS) mass spectrometry studies of icosahedral nanoscale polyoxometalate-based {L(30)}{(Mo)Mo(5)} Keplerate clusters, and demonstrate the use of IMS-MS to resolve and map intact nanoclusters, and its potential for the discovery of new structures, in this case the first gas phase observation of 'proto-clustering' of higher order Keplerate supramolecular aggregates.