Gas-phase ion chemistry of the pesticide imidacloprid: Proton driven radical fragmentation of the nitro-guanidine functional group

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 316-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-99

  Donald, William A ^a   Leeming, Michael G ^a   O'Hair, Richard A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bond homolysis; DFT calculations; Electrospray ionization; Imidacloprid; Radical cation; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860531767     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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