Gas-phase fragmentation of the protonated benzyl ester of proline: Intramolecular electrophilic substitution versus hydride transfer

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 423-429

  Li, Fei ^a   Zhang, Xiaoping ^b   Zhang, Huarong ^a   Jiang, Kezhi ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

activation of the amino hydrogen; benzyl cation transfer; hydride transfer; INC; the substituent effect

Indexed keywords

BENZYL CATIONS; ELECTRON-DONATING SUBSTITUENTS; ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDRIDE TRANSFERS; HYDROGEN/DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE; INC; SUBSTITUENT EFFECT;

ELECTRONS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROGEN; ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONATION;

HYDRIDES;

BENZYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATION; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DEUTERIUM HYDROGEN EXCHANGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHILICITY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

BENZOATES; GASES; PROLINE; PROTONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84876231321     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.3162     Document Type: Article

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