K. Nomiya et al., CHARACTERIZATION BY ELECTROSPRAY-IONIZATION (ESI) MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF AN OLIGOMERIC, ANIONIC THIOMALATO-SILVER(I) COMPLEX SHOWING BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (16), 1995, pp. 1679-1680
The tetrameric anionic species {Na-3[Ag(Htma)](4)}(-) (m/z = 1092.8; H
(3)tma = thiomalic acid) is detected by negative-ion electrospray ioni
zation (ESI) mass spectrometry as a stable constituent unit derived fr
om an aqueous solution of the oligomeric thiomalato-silver(I) complex,
recently isolated and characterized as {Na[As(Htma)] . 0.5H(2)O}(n) (
n = 24-34) 1, which displays antimicrobial activity against selected b
acteria, yeast and moulds.