Large gaseous alkylbenzenium ions. The apparently simultaneous loss of two molecules of benzene from protonated tri- and tetrabenzylmethane

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 179-180, Issue , 1998, Pages 147-163

  Kuck, Dietmar ^a,b   Fastabend, Uwe ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkylbenzenes, branched; Alkylbenzenes, protonated; Arenium ions; Consecutive fragmentation in metastable ions; Cyclization reactions; Mobile protons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003231485     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1387-3806(98)14169-6     Document Type: Article

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