Fragment isotope distribution as a signature of molecular fluxionality

✍ Scribed by John I. Brauman; Richard N. Zare; R.D. Levine

• Book ID: 103026067
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 314 KB
• Volume: 172
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(90)85394-r

✦ Synopsis

A formula is presented that gives the distribution of isotopes in the fragments of a molecule in which the isotopes are distributed statistically. This serves as a test for molecular fluxionality, provided that the parent molecule has been labeled in some nonstatistical manner.