Electron-impact ionization of mandelic acid and mandelic acid methyl ester as prototypes for the C6H5CH(OH)-X system: Ionization and appearance energies, activation energies and enthalpies of formation

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-380

  Opitz, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation energies; CAS 4358 87 6; CAS 611 72 3; CO elimination; Dissociation energies; Enthalpies of formation; H transfer; Ionization and appearance energies; Mandelic acid; Mandelic acid methyl ester; Mass spectrum; Metastable ion decay; Proton affinities

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644479434     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.767     Document Type: Article

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