Gas-phase chemistry of benzyl cations in dissociation of N-Benzylammonium and N-benzyliminium ions studied by mass spectrometry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 823-833

  Chai, Yunfeng ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Sun, Hezhi ^a   Guo, Cheng ^a   Pan, Yuanjiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzyl cation; Electron transfer; Electrophilic aromatic substitution; Hydride transfer; Ion neutral complex; Methylene arenium; Nucleophilic aromatic substitution; Proton transfer

Indexed keywords

BENZYL CATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTROPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS; HYDRIDE TRANSFERS; METHYLENE ARENIUM; NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDRIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON TRANSFER; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

POSITIVE IONS;

BENZYL DERIVATIVE; BENZYLAMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BENZYLIMINIUM DERIVATIVE; BRONSTED ACID; ELECTROPHILE; HALOGEN; LEWIS ACID; NITROGEN; PHENYL GROUP; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BENZYLATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GAS; HYDRIDE TRANSFER; IONIZATION; NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

BENZYLAMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATIONS; ELECTRONS; GASES; IMINES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIPERAZINES;

EID: 84862587418     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0344-8     Document Type: Article

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