Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1196222 Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2006 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

Triarylmethyl cations eliminate substituted benzene in the gas phase, upon activation. The mechanism of this process has been studied using deuterium labeling, substituent effects, and density functional theory calculations. It is shown that this apparently simple dissociation is in fact a complicated stepwise process that involves several consecutive hydride shifts. The combination of experimental evidence and computational results leads to a clear description of transition states and reaction intermediates.

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