Simultaneous thermal analysis/mass spectrometric investigations on the thermal behaviour of noble metal complexes

Abstract The results of investigations on the thermal behaviour of three selected noble metal complexes, performed by means of simultaneous thermal analysis/mass spectrometry are discussed. The thermal analysis data, such as the initial temperatures for the beginning of the weight loss, the amounts of the weight loss, as well as the characteristic DTG and DTA temperatures, are tabulated and the simultaneously recorded electron impact mass spectra are interpreted. The temperature-dependent formation and cleavage of typical complex-structure-related substituents is described and established by the evaluation of the course of the corresponding ion-current intensities.