Effect of substituents and protonation on the mechanism of 1,3-dipolar retro-cycloaddition reaction of pyrrolidino[60]- and [70]fullerenes
| Autor: | Angel Martín-Domenech, Roberto Martínez-Álvarez, Margarita Suárez, Salvatore Filippone, Enrique E. Maroto, Nazario Martín |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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010405 organic chemistry
Stereochemistry Chemistry Electrospray ionization Ionic bonding Protonation 010402 general chemistry Mass spectrometry Photochemistry 01 natural sciences Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance 0104 chemical sciences Ion Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters Mass spectrum Molecule Physics::Chemical Physics Spectroscopy |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 46:1016-1029 |
| ISSN: | 1076-5174 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jms.1983 |
| Popis: | The mass spectra of new substituted pyrrolidino[60]- and [70]fullerenes have been obtained using electrospray ionization conditions in the positive and negative mode of detection with two different mass spectrometers, a quadrupole ion trap and a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance. Radical anions M●− and deprotonated molecules [M–H]− are formed under negative electrospray ionization mass spectrometry conditions, and the collision-induced dissociations of both ionic species have been studied. Either negative odd-electron ions or negative even-electron ions undergo a retro-cycloaddition process forming the corresponding fullerene product ions C60●− and C70●−. The generation of fullerene radical anions from deprotonated molecules is a new exception of the “even-electron rule.” In contrast, the protonated molecules [M + H]+ obtained from the positive mode of detection do not undergo this cycloreversion reaction, and the MSn experiment reveals a variety of eliminations of neutral molecules involving different hydrogen shifts and multiple bond cleavages that lead eventually to substituted methanofullerene fragment ions. The observed fragmentations can be correlated with the electronic character of the substituents attached to the heterocyclic moiety. The results obtained from the thermal reactions of these compounds, carried out under different pH conditions, correlate well with those obtained in gas phase. The different behaviors between protonated and unprotonated molecules and ions can be explained assuming that the retro-cycloaddition reaction takes place only when the nitrogen atom of the pyrrolidine ring (the basic center of the molecule) is unprotonated both in gas and condensed phase. The protonation of the NH group inhibits the cycloreversion process, and therefore different fragmentations take place. The detailed mechanisms of the formation and evolution of the intermediate fragments are described. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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