Supramolecular chemistry goes gas phase: the mass spectrometric examination of noncovalent interactions in host-guest chemistry and molecular recognition

zThis review deals with the examination of supramolecular architectures by mass spectrometric methodology. Aspects of ion generation, structure determination, thermochemical data determination, the analysis of stereochemical features, and the mechanistic pathways of ion generation and fragmentation in the gas phase are discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.