Abstract: | By a comparison of the mass spectra of mono-, bis- and tris(trimethylsilyl)pyrazole isomers, characteristic influences of the different TMS-groups are revealed. An N-TMS-group forms an ion of mass 72 in the spectrum of N-TMS-pyrazole and with more than one TMS-group present, leads to the expulsion of a neutral fragment C3H8Si. Decomposition of the 4-TMS-group is more facile than the others, giving rise to a small molecular ion of intensity (approx.) 5%Σ40. In N-silylated pyrazoles without a 4-TMS-group, intensive elimination of HCN from the [M ? CH3˙]+ ion can be assigned to an unsubstituted C-3 position. In the case of unsymmetrically substituted pyrazoles without and N-TMS-group, silylation by an N-TMS acetamide may help to identify the predominating tautomer. |