Tc. Lau et al., ELECTROSPRAY TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRY OF OXO COMPLEXES OF CHROMIUM, MANGANESE AND RUTHENIUM, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (12), 1994, pp. 1487-1488
Several oxometal species including MnO4-, Cr2O72-, CrO3Cl-, RuO2Cl3- a
nd [Ru(TMC)O-2](2+) (TMC = ,8,11-tetramethyl-1,4,11-tetraazacyclotetra
decane) have been studied by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry; in
each case the mass spectrum obtained from solution in acetonitrile sh
ows the molecular ion as the base peak with a minimal degree of fragme
ntation.