Organic ions in the gas phase. II. The tropylium ion

PN Rylander, S Meyerson…

Index: Rylander et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1957 , vol. 79, p. 842,843

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Abstract

Introduction The decomposition of alkylbenzenes and derivatives by electron impact has been generally interpreted as proceeding through benzyl or substituted benzyl The ion of mass 91, C, H;+, is often the most abundant ion in the mass spectra of these compounds. Formation of this ion by cleavage of a 6-carbon-hydrogen or p-carbon-carbon et (3 c H 2-R-+ R-+ 2 e bond has seemed so straightforward that its identity has not been questioned. ...