Ion rearrangement at the beginning of cluster formation: Methyl substitution effects on the internal SN2 reaction in the proton-bound dimers of acetonitrile and alcohols

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-277

  Ochran, Richard A ^a   Mayer, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; Dimer ions; Rearrangement; Tandem mass spectrometry; Thermochemistry; Unimolecular reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035603481     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.437     Document Type: Article

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