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Formation of · CH 2 CH 2 CO + and C 2 H 6 +· in the metastable decompositions of ionized ethyl formate
Author(s) -
Hudson Charles E.,
McAdoo David J.
Publication year - 1992
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.1210271210
Subject(s) - isomerization , metastability , ethyl formate , formate , ionization , chemistry , decomposition , photochemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , computational chemistry , ion , catalysis
Abstract The products of the metastable decompositions of ionized ethyl formate (a) are characterized. The loss of water from a produces · CH 2 CH 2 CO + , a rarely reported product. Loss of H appears to produce CH 2 =CHC(OH) 2 + . The third decomposition is an unusual formation of C 2 H 6 + . This work demonstrates that a previous supposition that isomerization to different intermediates is involved in the losses of ethene and of water from a is correct.