Some Aspects of the Unimolecular Decarbonylation Reaction of C sub 7 H sub 7 O exp + Cations

摘要

This study investigated the unimolecular reaction chemistry of a number of C sub 7 H sub 7 O exp + ions generated from a variety of precursor molecules, e.g., the cresols, substituted benzyl alcohols, and substituted alkyl phenyl ethers. As a model for the heteroatom tropylium ion, the C sub 7 H sub 7 O exp + ion was generated via hydrogen atom loss from the molecular ion of 3,5-cycloheptadienone. The results for metastable kinetic energy release measurements are consistent with different structures for the decomposing C sub 7 H sub 7 O exp + ions. (ERA citation 04:053497)