The Mass Spectra of Substituted Diaryl α-Iminonitriles |
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| Authors: | James G Smith Douglas C Irwin |
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| Institution: | Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry , University of Waterloo , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada , N2L 3G1 |
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| Abstract: | The mass spectra of a series of substituted diaryl α-iminonitriles are reported. The most significant fragmentations arise from the following processes: (1) cleavage of the C-CN bond, (2) elimination of the R group from the substituted aryl ring, (3) formation of a phenyl cation (C6H5 +), and (4) loss of a hydrogen atom from the parent ion. Anomolous behaviour was shown by the p-(t-butyl) derivative and reasons for this are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | mass spectrometry imidoyl cyanides α-iminonitriles |
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