This article describes an experimental protocol using electrospray-ion mobility-mass spectrometry, semi-empirical quantum calculations, and energy-resolved threshold collision-induced dissociation to measure the relative thermochemistry of the dissociation of related ternary metal complexes.
Corrales, A. J., Arredondo, A. V., Flores, A. A., Duvak, C. L., Mitchell, C. L., Spezia, R., Angel, L. A. Thermochemical Studies of Ni(II) and Zn(II) Ternary Complexes Using Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry. J. Vis. Exp. (184), e63722, doi:10.3791/63722 (2022).