Etude du mécanisme de perte d'ethylène (propène) des N-ethyl (propyl) bromo-1,2,4-triazoles

C-bromo-1,2,4-trizole is generated in three different tautomeric forms by ethylene elimination from the N-ethyl compounds and these toutomes are shown to retain their structure prior to further fragmentation. The analysis of mass analysed ion kinetic energy and collision incuded dissociation spectra confrrms that ethylene loss proceeds by a tw-step mechanism with a five- (or four-) centred hydrogen transfer. The results show also that the 3- and 5-bromotriazole structures only are responsible for the mass spectrum of the parent heterocycle. Similar data are dicussed for the loss of propene from N-propylbromotriazoles.