Acetone chemical ionization studies III–displacement reactions in alkyl acetates

✍ Scribed by M. Vairamani; M. Saraswathi; K. V. Siva Kumar

• Book ID: 102560142
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 375 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1076-5174
• DOI: 10.1002/oms.1210270107

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Acetone chemical ionization mass spectra of acyclic, cyclic and bicyclic alkyl acetates were studied. In addition to the formation of [M + H]^+^, [M + 43]^+^ and [M + 59]^+^ ions, ions corresponding to displacement by acetone were also observed. The results suggest that the displacement by acetone follows an S~N~1‐like mechanism in the source of the mass spectrometer. Similarity between solution‐phase solvolysis reactions and gas‐phase displacement reactions was observed with bicyclic alkyl acetates, 2‐phenylethyl acetate and cyclooctyl acetate.