CH4 loss from (CH3)4N+ revisited: How does this high energy elimination compete with •CH3 loss?

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 767-773

  Hudson, Charles E ^a   Griffin, Lawrence L ^b   McAdoo, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ab initio theory; Alkane elimination; Competition; Concerted elimination; Ion neutral complexes; Kinetic shift; Rice Rampsberger Kassel Marcus theory; Tetramethyl ammonium cation; Translational energy release

Indexed keywords

TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DISSOCIATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 17544368188     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.708     Document Type: Article

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