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Flying Capsules: Mass Spectrometric Detection of Pyrogallarene and Resorcinarene Hexamers
Author(s) -
Beyeh Ngong K.,
Kogej Michael,
Åhman Antti,
Rissanen Kari,
Schalley Christoph A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200600687
Subject(s) - resorcinarene , chemistry , electrospray ionization , tandem mass spectrometry , mass spectrometry , chromatography , gas phase , ion , electrospray , analytical chemistry (journal) , molecule , organic chemistry
Survival of the fittest : Only those hexameric pyrogallarene and resorcinarene capsules which contain a guest with the right size, shape, and symmetry (see picture) survive the electrospray ionization process that makes them detectable by mass spectrometry. Tandem MS experiments with mass‐selected ions provide evidence that the hexamers retain their capsular structure even in the gas phase.