| Autor: |
Alvarez, Jormarie, Denault, Jeff W., Cooks, R. Graham |
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Journal of Mass Spectrometry; December 2000, Vol. 35 Issue: 12 p1407-1415, 9p |
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Ionmolecule reactions of CF3+ or CFH2+ with an acetonitrilebutyronitrile mixture yield product cluster ions in which the two neutral molecules are associated with the cation. The structures of the ionmolecule product ions were investigated by collision-induced dissociation in a multi-quadrupole mass spectrometer. The cluster ions fragment by loss of one neutral alkyl nitrile. The abundance of the fragment ions shows an unexpected inverse correlation with the proton affinity of the alkyl nitrile. This result is inconsistent with the formation of a simple cation-bound dimeric cluster containing two alkyl nitrile molecules and a fluorinated methyl cation; instead, a pair of non-symmetrical dimeric complexes, separated by a large internal barrier, is indicated. This result is analogous to that observed for the putative methyl cation-bound heterodimer of acetonitrile and butyronitrile. Collision energy dependence studies and ab initio calculations suggest that the dimeric complexes are formed in potential energy wells located in an approximately symmetrical potential energy surface. Quasi-equilibrium theory calculations were used in order to obtain additional insights into the experimental data. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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