Oxygen rearrangement of molecular ions of 3-phenylpropionates

The oxygen rearrangement in molecular ions of 3-phenylpropionates has been investigated with the aid of mass analyzed ion kinetic energy spectra. Elimination of an allyl radical followed by expulsion of ketene from the molecular ion of allyl 3-phenylpropionate is shown to result in formation of protonated benzaldehyde. The oxygen rearrangement has been found to be inoperative in ionized methyl 3-methyl-3-phenylbutyrate. [M ? CH₃ ? CH₂CO]⁺ ions in the spectrum of the latter compound are formed by elimination of the 3-methyl substituent and subsequent methoxy migration.     

Loss of H2O from M + t-Butyl Complex Ions of Benzyl Alcohol in Isobutane Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry

In isobutane chemical ionization mass spectrometry benzyl alcohol exhibits ions at m/z 147 (‘M + 39’) that arise by a loss of H₂O from [M + C₄H₉]⁺, i.e. ‘M + 57’ complex ions. Electrophilic aromatic substitution of a proton at an ortho-position of neutral C₆H₅CH₂OH with [t-C₄H₉]⁺ and, alternatively, nucleophilic substitution of H₂O at the benzylic carbon in \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ {\rm C_6 H_5 CH_2}\mathop {\rm O}\limits^+ {\rm H}_2 $\end{document} with CH₂?C (CH₃)₂ are discussed as possible pathways. Evidence in favor of the latter is derived from the analysis of C₆D₅CH₂OH and C₆H₅CD₂OH for the origin of the H-atoms lost in H₂O. The inferred ion structure of m/z 147 is verified by mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy (MIKE.) measurements of its collision-activated (CA.) decomposition. MIKE./CA. spectra of mass-selected m/z 147 ions, once generated by (CI(i-C₄H₁₀) from benzyl alcohol and, once, from 2-methyl-4-phenyl-2-butanol match closely and, thus, reflect identical ion structures. With reference to the simple genesis of this ion from the latter precursor, the structure in question can be concluded to be \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ {\rm C_6 H_5 CH_2 CH_2}\mathop {\rm C}\limits^+ ({\rm CH}_3)_2 $\end{document} .     

Phosphorsäurebis(trimethylsilyl)ester des 1,1,1,4,4,4-Hexafluor-2,3-bis(trifluormethyl)-2,3-butandiols und des 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluor-2-propenols

Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphates of 1,1,1,4,4,4-Hexafluoro-2,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-butanediol and 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluoro-2-propenol The monocyclic phosphorane (EtO)₃P[OC(CF₃)₂C(CF₃)₂O] 1 was hydrolized to give a mixture of an acyclic and a cyclic phosphate, 3 and 4 . The trihydroxyphosphorane 2 could not be obtained. Iodotrimethylsilane 6 converts 1 into the silylated derivative of 4 which was found also besides (Me₃SiO)₂P(O)OC(CF₃)₂C(CF₃)₂OSiMe₃ 8 in the reaction of 3 and 4 with Me₃SiCl/(Me₃Si)₂NH. (Me₃SiO)₃P 10 and hexafluoroacetone did not yield the tris(trimethylsiloxy)phosphorane 5 , but the phosphonate 11 which gave (Me₃SiO)₂P(O)OC(CF₃) ? CF₂ 12 upon heating with the loss of fluorotrimethylsilane.     

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