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Inside Cover: Shining New Light on an Old Problem: Retooling MALDI Mass Spectrometry for Organotransition‐Metal Catalysis (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2/2008)
Author(s) -
Eelman Melanie D.,
Blacquiere Johanna M.,
Moriarty Maeve M.,
Fogg Deryn E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200790259
Subject(s) - mass spectrometry , chemistry , catalysis , borylation , interfacing , transition metal , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , alkyl , aryl , history
Inert‐atmosphere MALDI‐MS is a powerful new tool for identifying organometallic compounds. As described by D. E. Fogg and co‐workers in the Communication on page 303 ff., sample decomposition is minimized by interfacing the spectrometer to a glovebox and ionizing by charge transfer. Neutral compounds, such as the Grubbs‐class catalyst shown, are observed as radical cations. The metal isotope patterns expand the utility and scope of this methodology in transition‐metal chemistry.