Fragmentation reactions in the 1-nitropropane radical cation induced by γ-hydrogen shift: Ab initio study

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 369, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-43

  Tsyshevsky, R V ^a,b   Garifzianova, G G ^a   Shamov, A G ^a   Khrapkovskii, G M ^a  

^a KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

1 Nitropropane radical cation; Ab initio study; Fragmentation pathways; McLafferty rearrangement; Molecular ions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902503993     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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