A ring walk of methylene groups in toluene radical cations. An extension of the toluene-cycloheptatriene rearrangement of aromatic radical cations. Theory and experiment

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-341

  Grützmacher, Hans Friedrich ^a   Harting, Natascha ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Reaction energy profile; Rearrangement; Substituent effect; Substituent ring walk; Theoretical calculation; Toluene cycloheptatriene radical cation rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKADIENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBENE; CATION; CYCLOHEPTATRIENE; CYCLOPROPANE; RADICAL; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; ISOMERISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0141449957     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.565     Document Type: Article

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