ISSN:
0030-493X
Keywords:
Chemistry
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Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Electron impact mass spectra of 2-(2-pyridyl)methylene-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and related heteroaryl species have been investigated. In 3-(2-pyridyl)methylene-2,4-pentanedione, its 6′-methyl and 6′-methoxycarbonyl derivatives and in E- and Z-ethyl 3-oxo-2-(2-pyridyl)methylenebutanoates the base peak arises from the loss of methyl radical from the molecular ion to produce a 3-oxo-3H-indolizinium ion. A marked difference is observed in the behaviour of the geometric isomers of the keto esters. The diketones and E-keto ester carrying a 2-pyridyl substituent and ketone functionality on the same side of the carbon-carbon double bond exhibit an unusually high [M + 1]+/[M]+· ratio (about 2.5) under normal ionization conditions (pressure 10-100 μPa). This abnormality is a function of pressure only and independent of temperature. In the case of the Z-keto ester, the corresponding malonate, 3- and 4-(2-pyridyl)methylene-2,4-pentanediones, and 2-furyl, 2-thienyl and phenyl diketone analogues, the ratio does not differ much from that due to the natural isotope abundance. Results for 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexadeuterio-2-(2-pyridyl)-methylene-2,4-pentanedione (strong M + 2 peak) suggest one mass unit transfer as an intermolecular proton shift from a methyl group to give a 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-3H-indolizinium ion. This real mass spectrometric phenomenon is a unique example of low pressure self-chemical ionization.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oms.1210161203
