REARRANGEMENTS IN METASTABLE ION DECOMPOSITIONS OF PROTONATED PROPYLAMINES

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作者
AUDIER, HE [1 ]
MORTON, TH [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE, DEPT CHEM, RIVERSIDE, CA 92521 USA
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ORGANIC MASS SPECTROMETRY | 1993年 / 28卷 / 10期
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10.1002/oms.1210281037
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Decomposition of nPrNH3+ to NH4+ does not occur via vicinal elimination. Hydrogen transfer takes place from all positions of the alkyl chain. Intermediacy of either an ion-neutral complex, [iPr+ NH3], or rearrangement to iPrNH3+ is required. SCF calculations were used to probe the potential energy surface. There is a minimum corresponding to [iPr+ NH3], in which the nitrogen lone pair points towards the machine hydrogen and is 2.1 angstrom away from it, and another, less stable. minimum corresponding to a hydrogen-bonded structure, H3N...H3CCHCH3+, in which one methyl hydrogen is 2.0 angstrom from the nitrogen. Density of states estimates suggest that a vibrationally excited complex can live for the order of 100 ps before either collapsing to iPrNH3+ or yielding NH4+ and propene.
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