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Charge distribution between formally identical fragments: The McLafferty rearrangement
Author(s) -
Tureček F.,
Hanuš V.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
organic mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0030-493X
DOI - 10.1002/oms.1210150105
Subject(s) - metastability , charge (physics) , deuterium , chemistry , spectral line , physics , computational chemistry , atomic physics , particle physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
The McLafferty rearrangement for 2,5‐diphenyl‐1‐hexene and its deuterium labelled analogues has been investigated. The α‐methylstyrene fragments originating from different parts of the molecular ion retain the charge with equal probability and afford identical metastable spectra. The geometry of the transition state is discussed.