Products of low potential energy in mass spectra as a consequence of ion–dipole attractions; the case of isobutyl alcohol
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 16,p. 836-838
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39810000836
Abstract
The decomposition of ionised isobutyl alcohol to give CH3OH2 + and C3H5˙, rather than CH2 OH+ and C3H7˙, may be understood in terms of ion–dipole attractions which facilitate the formation of the products having the lowest potential energy.Keywords
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