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Decomposition of Organometallic Complexes in the Mass Spectrometer
Author(s) -
Müller Jörn
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197206531
Subject(s) - polyatomic ion , decomposition , fragmentation (computing) , mass spectrum , kinetic energy , mass spectrometry , electron ionization , computational chemistry , ion , chemistry , spectral line , ab initio , excited state , group 2 organometallic chemistry , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , atomic physics , physics , molecule , computer science , organic chemistry , ionization , quantum mechanics , chromatography , operating system
The reliable interpretation of mass spectra for the determination of molecular constitutions requires systematic studies on the fragmentation behavior of classes of compounds, since the large number of kinetic and energy parameters that determine the decomposition of excited polyatomic ions makes ab‐initio predictions of spectra almost impossible. In this progress report, a number of general rules for the decomposition of organometallic complexes upon electron impact are discussed; a classification into decomposition types is also presented, and is illustrated by selected examples.