Why Does Pivalaldehyde (Trimethylacetaldehyde) Unexpectedly Seem More Basic Than 1??Adamantanecarbaldehyde in the Gas Phase? FT??ICR and High??Level Ab …

…, MP Cabildo, RM Claramunt, J Elguero…

Index: Quintanilla, Esther; Davalos, Juan Z.; Abboud, Jose-Luis M.; Alcami, Manuel; Cabildo, M. Pilar; Claramunt, Rosa M.; Elguero, Jose; Mo, Otilia; Yanez, Manuel Chemistry - A European Journal, 2005 , vol. 11, # 6 p. 1826 - 1832

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Abstract

Abstract Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance spectroscopy (FT ICR) techniques, including collision-induced dissociation (CID) methodology, were applied to the study of the gas-phase protonation of pivalaldehyde (1) and 1-adamantanecarbaldehyde (2). A new synthetic method for 2 was developed. The experiments, together with a thorough computational study involving ab initio and density functional theory (DFT) calculations of ...