Advancing Inorganic Coordination Chemistry by Spectroscopy of Isolated Molecules: Methods and Applications. Issue 61 (27th October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Niedner‐Schatteburg, Gereon; Kappes, Manfred M.
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 27:Issue 61(2021)
• Page Start: 15028
• Page End: 15043
• Publication Date: 2021-10-27
• Subjects: cooperative effects -- heterometallic complexes -- spectroscopic methods; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102815
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

Abstract: A unique feature of the work carried out in the Collaborative Research Center 3MET continues to be its emphasis on innovative, advanced experimental methods which hyphenate mass‐selection with further analytical tools such as laser spectroscopy for the study of isolated molecular ions. This allows to probe the intrinsic properties of the species of interest free of perturbing solvent or matrix effects. This review explains these methods and uses examples from past and ongoing 3MET studies of specific classes of multicenter metal complexes to illustrate how coordination chemistry can be advanced by applying them. As a corollary, we will show how the challenges involved in providing well‐defined, for example monoisomeric, samples of the molecular ions have helped to further improve the methods themselves thus also making them applicable to many other areas of chemistry. Abstract : Advances in spectroscopic and computational methodologies have made possible the illustrated threefold synergetic approach which is considerably boosting our understanding of oligonuclear TM compounds. This review describes several of the corresponding advances in spectroscopic methodologies as related to studies of charged 3MET complexes in gas‐phase.