Ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) allows the separation of isomeric and isobaric species on the basis of their size, shape, and charge. The fast separation timescale (ms) and high sensitivity of these measurements make IM-MS an ideally suitable method for monitoring changes in macromolecular structure, such as those occurring in interconverting terpyridine-based metallosupramolecular self-assemblies. IM-MS is used to verify the elemental composition (size) and architecture (shape) of the self-assembled products. Additionally, this article demonstrates its applicability to the elucidation of concentration-driven association-dissociation (fusion-fission) equilibria between isobaric structures. IM-MS enables both quantitative separation and identification of the interconverting complexes as well as derivation of the corresponding equilibrium constants (i.e., thermodynamic information) from extracted IM-MS abundance data.
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