2-Benzylindane radical cations in the gas phase (Part II): Substituent effects on regio- and stereoselective progressive hydrogen scrambling occurring prior to unimolecular fragmentation

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 413, Issue , 2017, Pages 117-126

  Kuck, Dietmar ^a   Grützmacher, Hans Friedrich ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrogen exchange; Hydrogen scrambling; Lifetime of ions; McLafferty reaction; Stereoselectivity; Substituent effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006511774     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2016.05.020     Document Type: Article

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