The decarbonylation of the acetamide radical cation and the enolization of its dimer by self-catalysis

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 801-811

  Trikoupis, Moschoula A ^a   Ruttink, Paul J A ^b   Burgers, Peter C ^c   Terlouw, Johan K ^d  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; CBS QB3; Dimer radical cation; Enolization; Proton transport catalysis; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE; ACETONE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; DIMER;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECARBONYLATION; DECOMPOSITION; ENOLIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 17444397402     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.696     Document Type: Article

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