A neutralization-reionization and reactivity mass spectrometry study of the generation of neutral hydroxymethylene |
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Authors: | Lin Yawei Crestoni Maria Elisa Fornarini Simonetta Mayer Paul M |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Marie-Curie, Ontario, Canada. |
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Abstract: | Neutral hydroxymethylene HCOH is an important intermediate in several chemical reactions; however, it is difficult to observe due to its high reactivity. In this work, neutral hydroxymethylene and formaldehyde were generated by charge exchange neutralization of their respective ionic counterparts and then were reionized and detected as positive‐ion recovery signals in neutralization–reionization mass spectrometry in a magnetic sector instrument of BEE geometry. The reionized species were characterized by their subsequent collision‐induced dissociation mass spectra. The transient hydroxymethylene neutral was observed to isomerize to formaldehyde with an experimental time span exceeding 13.9 µs. The vertical neutralization energy of the HCOH+? ion has also been assayed using charge transfer reactions between the fast ions and stationary target gases of differing ionization energy. The measured values match the result of ab initio calculations at the QCISD/6‐311 + G(d,p) and CCSD(T)/6‐311 + + G(3df,2p) levels of theory. Neutral hydroxymethylene was also produced by proton transfer from CH2OH+ to a strong base such as pyridine, confirmed by appropriate isotopic labeling. There is a kinetic isotope effect (KIE) for H+ versus D+ transfer from the C atom of the hydroxymethyl cation of ~3, consistent with a primary KIE of a nearly thermoneutral reaction. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | neutralization–reionization mass spectrometry (NRMS) ab initio calculation FT‐ICR mass spectrometry kinetic isotope effect proton transfer |
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