On the electron-donating properties of oxygen vs. sulfur. A study of the gas-phase ion chemistry of methoxymethylthioalkanes

JK Pau, MB Ruggera, JK Kim…

Index: Pau,J.K. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1978 , vol. 100, p. 4242 - 4248

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Abstract: The gas-phase ion-molecule reactions of compounds of structure CH30 (CH2), SCH3, n= 1-3, have been investigated by the method of pulsed ion cyclotron resonance spectroscopy. The results show that when there is a choice of forming either a sulfur- containing ion or its oxygen analogue, the sulfur ion is formed preferentially. The major reactions that lead to sulfur-stabilized product ions are regioselective hydride abstractions ...