Formation of proton-bound dimers as the driving force for alkyl radical loss in the gas phase reactions of radical cations

…, P Mourgues, TB McMahon, S Hammerum

Index: Audier, Henri Edouard; Fossey, Jacques; Mourgues, Philippe; McMahon, Terrance B.; Hammerum, Steen Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1996 , vol. 100, # 47 p. 18380 - 18386

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Abstract

A variety of reactions take place when ethanol, diethyl ether, and ethylamine radical cations react with basic, neutral molecules: isomerization within the encounter complex of the radical cation to its α-distonic isomer, proton transfer to the neutral, and loss of an alkyl radical. The initial step is formation, directly when possible or via isomerization, of a proton- bound adduct. This adduct can act as a proton donor or dissociate by loss of an alkyl ...