Abstract: | The decomposition of the [C6H5CO]+ ions produced from eight alkyl benzoates by electron impact has been studied. By calculating the heat of formation of [C6H5CO]+ ions from the appearance potential value, it is shown that the ions from C6H5COOR when R?H, CH3, C2H5 have some excess energy, and those where R = n-C3H7, iso-C3H7, n-C4H9, iso-C4H9, iso-C5H11 are produced with more excess energy. It is also shown that by taking this excess energy into account, there is a linear relationship between the heat of formation of the activated complex produced in the reaction [C6H5CO]+→[C6H5]+ + CO and the vibrational degree of freedom of the neutral fragment ? OR. |