Mass spectra of pyridazines and their N-oxides

The mass spectra of pyridazines and their N-oxides is reported. Previous electron impact studies on aromatic amine N-oxides reported the appearance of M-16 and/or M-17 ion peaks as the usual feature of the fragmentations. In our experiments, the representative fragmentation of the pyridazine N-oxides involves formation of a M-30 (M-NO) ion. The fragmentation patterns substantiated by extensive high resolution studies and the analysis of the appropriate metastable ions.