Methyl t-butyl ether and methyl trimethylsilyl ether ions dissociate near their ionization thresholds: A TPES, TPEPICO, RRKM, and G3 investigation

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5823-5831

  Rennie, Emma E ^a,f   Cooper, Louise ^b   Shpinkova, Larisa G ^c   Holland, David M P ^d   Shaw, David A ^d   Guest, Martyn F ^e   Mayer, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Varian Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPEARANCE ENERGY; BREAKDOWN CURVES; CHARGED IONS; ENERGY DISSOCIATION; ENERGY FRAGMENTATION; FRAGMENT IONS; INTERNAL ENERGIES; IONIZATION THRESHOLDS; MASS SPECTRA; METHYL-T-BUTYL ETHERS; MOLECULAR IONS; NEUTRAL SPECIES; PHOTOELECTRON-PHOTOION COINCIDENCE; THRESHOLD PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA; THRESHOLD REGIONS; TIME-SCALE; TRIMETHYLSILYL ETHERS; UNIMOLECULAR DISSOCIATION;

DISSOCIATION; ETHERS; ION SOURCES; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; SILICON OXIDES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

IONS;

EID: 65749100460     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp900991p     Document Type: Article

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