Open AccessIon-molecule reactions in mixtures of trimethylaluminum and methylamines
Author(s) -
Stephan B. H. Bach,
Denise C. Parent
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of the american society for mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.961
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1879-1123
pISSN - 1044-0305
DOI - 10.1016/1044-0305(93)85066-7
Subject(s) - chemistry , adduct , methylamines , dimethylamine , molecule , mass spectrometry , tetramethylammonium , dissociation (chemistry) , ion , fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance , inorganic chemistry , hydrogen bond , photochemistry , organic chemistry , methylamine , chromatography
The ion-molecule reactions of mixtures of trimethylaluminum and methylamines, to serve as a model system for group 13-15 semiconductor fabrication, were examined by using Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Sequential ion-molecule reactions leading to formation of multiple adduets were observed for each of the reactant mixtures investigated. Collision-induced dissociation was used to probe the adduct structures. There is evidence for hydrogen bonding between the amines and aluminum in most of the adducts studied. Rearrangement of the aluminum/nitrogen skeletons was not observed, although the aluminum/nitrogen bonds appear to be relatively strong, so that stable adducts can be formed. The monomethylamine and dimethylamine readily produce gas-phase neutral adducts with trimethylaluminum, which can be related to the basicities of the methylamines.