P. Spanel et D. Smith, SELECTED-ION FLOW TUBE STUDIES OF THE REACTIONS OF H3O-2(+) WITH SOMEORGANOSULFUR MOLECULES(, NO+ AND O), International journal of mass spectrometry and ion processes, 176(3), 1998, pp. 167-176
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Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy,"Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
We report the results of a selected ion flow tube (SIFT) study of the
reactions of H3O+ NO+ and O-2(+) with eight organosulphur molecules, M
. If we assume that all the exothermic proton transfer reactions of H(
3)O(+)occur at the collision rate (i.e. the rate coefficients, k, are
equal to the collisional rate coefficient, k(c)), it is seen that the
k for most of the NO+ and O-2(+) reactions also are equal to or close
to k(c). However, the reaction of H3O+ with one of the chosen reactant
s, CS2, is known from our previous SIFT study to be slightly endotherm
ic, and therefore it proceeds more slowly than the collisional rate. T
he ionic product of seven of the H3O+ reactions is only the protonated
parent molecule MH+, but in one reaction, that of thiolacetic acid CH
3COSH, elimination of an H2S molecule occurs in a fraction of the coll
isions. The NO+ reactions mostly proceed via charge transfer, producin
g the parent molecular ion M+, but the reaction with ethanthiol is unu
sually complicated, with four processes occurring in parallel (charge
transfer, H- and SH- transfer, and ion-molecule association), and the
reaction with thiolacetic acid occurs exclusively and rapidly via SH-
transfer. The O-2(+) reactions proceed by dissociative charge transfer
, often with the production of three or more ionic fragments of the pa
rent molecular ion. Sample mass spectra obtained using our SIFT method
of analysis of the vapours emitted by cut onion and crushed garlic ar
e presented and discussed, noting the presence of some organosulphur m
olecules and other organic species. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.