2-Benzylindane radical cations in the gas phase (Part I): Substituent effects on a stereoselective McLafferty reaction and related hydrogen transfer processes

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 413, Issue , 2017, Pages 106-116

  Grützmacher, Hans Friedrich ^a   Kuck, Dietmar ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distonic ions; Hydrogen transfer; ipso Protonation; McLafferty reaction; Proton affinity; Substituent effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978536229     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2016.05.021     Document Type: Article

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