Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35229369›Full record

ArticleRapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM2022

Characterization of selected organometallic compounds by electrospray ionization- and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry using different types of instruments: Possibilities and limitations.

Sarah Fleissner, Ernst Pittenauer, Jan Pecak, Karl Kirchner

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sarah FleissnerInstitute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3366-1468
Ernst PittenauerInstitute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8409-802X
Jan PecakInstitute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1431-3430
Karl KirchnerInstitute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0872-6159

Funding

Austrian Science Fund P 33016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleOrganometallic compounds are becoming increasingly important in their industrial application as catalysts. Mass spectrometry is an essential tool for the structural confirmation of such organometallics. Because the analysis of this class of molecules can be challenging, the ionization behavior and structural confirmation of selected transition metal catalysts are described in this work.

methodsThe transition metal catalysts investigated were analyzed using classical vacuum MALDI reflectron TOF-MS as well as intermediate pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI QTOF-MS). Obtained mass spectra were compared with electrospray ionization MS (ESI-MS) already established for organometallic compounds, utilizing a QTOF mass spectrometer here. In addition, various sample preparations, including two selected MALDI matrices (trans-2-[3-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-methyl-2-propenylidene]malononitrile and 2,2':5',2″-terthiophene) with different solvent combinations for MALDI-MS measurements, were investigated in detail with respect to their correct isotope distribution of the molecular ions observed.

resultsAll investigated organometallic compounds were successfully identified by vacuum and intermediate pressure MALDI-MS. Accurate masses of ions related to molecular ion species (e.g., [M-Cl]

conclusionsThe use of MALDI-MS for the structural confirmation of organometallic compounds is still not widely used. Nevertheless, this work showed that this analytical technique does have some benefits. The analysis of neutral catalysts proves to be quite useful, concluding that this technique provides a complement and/or an alternative to ESI-MS.

Indexed as

Organometallic CompoundsSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationIonsLasersSolventsSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationIonsOrganometallic CompoundsSolvents

Identifiers

PMID35229369
PMCPMC9286352

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.