Crj. Woolston et al., MASS-SPECTROMETRIC STUDY OF SOME 2,3-DIARYL-1,3-THIAZOLIDIN-4-ONES UNDER ELECTRON-IMPACT, Organic mass spectrometry, 28(4), 1993, pp. 445-450
The mass spectral fragmentations of some 2,3-diaryl-1,3-thiazolidin-4-
ones were established by comparing spectra and by using exact mass mea
surements. The major fragment ions were identified and their relative
importances related to substituent effects and bond strengths. Good co
rrelations were observed between the relative abundances of some of th
e breakdown products and the Hammett sigma constants of substituents i
n the aromatic rings.