Skeletal rearrangements on chemical ionization of dibenzyl ether and derivatives

EE Kingston, JS Shannon, V Diakiw…

Index: Kingston, Eric E.; Shannon, James S.; Diakiw, Vladimir; Lacey, Michael J. Organic Mass Spectrometry, 1981 , vol. 16, # 10 p. 428 - 440

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Abstract

Abstract Protonated molecular ions of dibenzyl ether, formed by chemical ionization using hydrogen and isobutane as reagent gases, undergo skeletal rearrangements to lose water and formaldehyde, both in the ion source and the flight path. The rearrangements have been elucidated by deuterium labelling and chemical substitution. The water lost contains the reagent proton and an aromatic hydrogen atom, and the aromatic hydrogen atoms have ...