Do carbanions undergo 1, 2 hydrogen transfers in the gas phase?

…, GW Adams, JC Sheldon, JH Bowie

Index: Dua, Suresh; Adams, Gregory W.; Sheldon, John C.; Bowie, John H. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1996 , vol. 6, p. 1251 - 1256

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Abstract

Certain anions X–CH–CH–Y and X–CHCH–Y interconvert under collisional activation conditions in the gas phase. Experiments designed to probe the mechanism (s) of particular interconversions suggest (i) that the ions MeO–CH–CH–CN and MeO–CH–CH–CN interconvert 1, 2 H transfer processes, and (ii) when X= Ph and Y= COMe