Unimolecuclar fragmentation and isomerization of gaseous arsanyl cations Y-C6H4As+X (X=F, Cl, Br, I). The role of non-classical nido structures

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 857-867

  Kirchhoff, Dirk ^a   Grützmacher, Hans Friedrich ^a   Grützmacher, Hansjörg ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DFT calculations; Elementorganic compound; Fragmentation mechanism; Heavy main group element; KER; Metastable ion; Rearrangement; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CATION; CHLORINE; FLUORINE; IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; ISOMER; ISOMERIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 17544366530     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.702     Document Type: Article

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