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Studies in organic mass spectrometry. Part 9—mass spectra of 9,10-disubstituted 2,3,6,7-tetraalkoxy-9,10-dihydroanthracenes: A remarkable loss of radicals from even-electron ions

✍ Scribed by Leopoldo Ceraulo; Pasquale Agozzino; Mirella Ferrugia; Liliana Lamartina; Maria Concetta Natoli


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
692 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
1076-5174

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✦ Synopsis


The electron impact-induced fragmentations of 23 9,104isubstituted 2,3,6,7-tetraalkoxy-9,10-dihydroanthracenes, including six stereoisomeric pairs, were studied. The loss of the $)-(or 10-jsubstituent constitutes the main fragmentation route. The resulting ions give rise to a remarkable violation of the so-called 'even-electron rule' as they eject the second substituent at the lO-(or 9-jposition as a radical. The latter aspect was particularly investigated with the aid of lowenergy (nominal value 15 eV) and mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra.