Exact mass analysis of sulfur clusters upon encapsulation by a polyaromatic capsular matrix

Sho Matsuno, Masahiro Yamashina, Yoshihisa Sei, Munetaka Akita, Akiyoshi Kuzume, Kimihisa Yamamoto and Michito Yoshizawa ()
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Sho Matsuno: Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masahiro Yamashina: Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yoshihisa Sei: Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Munetaka Akita: Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Akiyoshi Kuzume: Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kimihisa Yamamoto: Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Michito Yoshizawa: Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Structural determination of inorganic clusters relies heavily on mass spectrometry because of, in most cases, their poor responsivities toward nuclear magnetic resonance, ultraviolet/visible, and infrared analyses. Nevertheless, mass spectrometry analysis of oligosulfurs (S n ), which are unique clusters with copious allotropic forms, usually displays their fragment peaks. Here we report that a polyaromatic capsule acts as a supramolecular matrix for the mass determination of the neutral sulfur clusters. Upon encapsulation, molecular ion peaks derived from the host–guest complexes including cyclic S6 and S8 clusters are exclusively detected by common electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis. Furthermore, mass spectrometry analysis of a cyclic S12 cluster, which is in situ prepared from two S6 clusters within the matrix upon light irradiation, is achieved by the same way. The present matrix can remarkably stabilize the otherwise labile S6 and S12 clusters in the polyaromatic shell not only under mass spectrometry conditions but also in an ambient solution state.

Date: 2017
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