Dehydrogenation reaction from a dihydrogen bonded precursor complex in the gas phase

摘要

In this paper, we present mass spectroscopic evidence for the dehydrogenation reaction from a dihydrogen bonded complex between phenol and borane-trimethylamine following resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization in the gas phase. The evidence presented herein is based on observed fragmentation pattern of the complex cation having high internal energy. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first report of such observation.