ORTHO-REARRANGEMENTS OF O-ALKYLPHENOXIDE ANIONS

Citation
Lb. Reeks et al., ORTHO-REARRANGEMENTS OF O-ALKYLPHENOXIDE ANIONS, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 7(4), 1993, pp. 286-287
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy,"Chemistry Analytical
ISSN journal
09514198
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
286 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-4198(1993)7:4<286:OOOA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The collision-induced mass spectra of the o-methyl and o-ethylphenoxid e anions show loss of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, respectively. The se processes are rationalized in terms of a reversible rearrangement o -RC6H4O- half arrow right over half arrow left [(C6H4)-OR] (R = alkyl) .