Structures of metallosupramolecular coordination assemblies can be obtained by ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry

Ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) is used to study the rigid rectangular, triangular, and prismatic supramolecular assemblies in the complexes of anthracene, phenanthrene and cyclobutadienecyclopentadienylcobalt based on dipyridyl ligands and square planar platinum coordination. The obtained results confirmed the utility of IMS-MS methods for characterization self-assembled complex structures when X-ray or other spectroscopic structures are not available.