ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The recombination of electrons with cyclic ions produced via ion–molecule reactions between atomic precursor ions and methyl-substituted benzene ring compounds (toluene, ortho-, and para-xylene and mesitylene) has been studied at 300 K using a flowing afterglow Langmuir probe-mass spectrometer apparatus. Differing amounts of energy can be deposited into the daughter ions depending upon which atomic precursor is used. It has been found that same-mass daughter ions formed from different precursors displayed different recombination rate coefficients indicating that different isomeric forms were reacting. In particular, the benzene ring of the toluene cation expands to a seven-membered ring following isomerization to the cycloheptatriene form. H atom abstraction allows two different isomeric daughter ions to be formed that do not interconvert and that display different recombination rates. A similar behavior was observed for the xylenes and for mesitylene. All recombination rates lie in the range from 10−7 to 10−6 cm3 s−1 and display no apparent relation with size nor with the aromaticity of the ions. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1286974
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