An investigation of the structures of isomeric ions derived from acetone, diacetone alcohol, and mesityl oxide

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 591-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Evans March ◽  
Alexander Baldwin Young

An investigation of the structures of isomeric ions formed in ion/molecule reactions occurring in 2-propanone (acetone), 4-hydroxy-4-mefhyl-2-pentanone (diacetone alcohol), and 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one (mesityl oxide) has been performed using a hybrid mass spectrometer of reversed geometry. Ions of m/z 117, which have been observed as products of ion/molecule reactions in acetone and in diacetone alcohol, may have a single structure if an aldol type condensation reaction occurs under acidic conditions in the gas phase; however, high energy collision induced dissociation (CID) results proved the two ions to be isomeric only.Dehydration of the m/z 117 ions produced a species of m/z 99 which, in the case of diacetone alcohol, may have the structure of protonated mesityl oxide. That the m/z 99 ion formed was unique to each system was demonstrated by high energy CID and kinetic energy release (KER) spectrometry. In the acetone system, CID results suggested that m/z 99 was an ion–dipole complex of [Formula: see text]; this hypothesis was tested by clustering [Formula: see text]with (CD3)2CO and comparison of its CID results with those obtained above. In the case of m/z 99 derived from diacetone alcohol or mesityl oxide, the neutral lost via metastable decomposition in the second field-free region was found to be C4H8, presumably 2-methyl propene. While the ion of m/z 99 may also eliminate methane to yield a species of m/z 83, the dominant metastable elimination from this ion is carbon monoxide rather than ethene as shown by collision induced dissociative ionization (CIDI). The ions of m/z 83 observed in the two systems exhibit very similar CID spectra; however, a small variation in the yield of products of m/z 41 and 43 suggests two structures for the ion derived from diacetone alcohol, one of which is identical to that seen in mesityl oxide.

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1007-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Holmes ◽  
Johan K. Terlouw

Metastable peaks for the fragmentation C2H5N+• → C2H4N+ + H• have been studied in the first field-free region of a double focussing mass spectrometer. Isomeric structures of C2H5N+• ions derived from a variety of precursor molecules were characterised by their metastable peak shape and kinetic energy release. The identifications were aided by appropriate deuterium labelling experiments. Four isomeric ionsr [Formula: see text]were shown to retain their structural identity within the ion energy and lifetime ranges observable in these experiments. Ion (a), generated from aziridine was found to be indistinguishable from its open chain isomer [Formula: see text]The results closely parallel those previously found for the isoelectronic C2H5N+• ions, but the differences in characteristic kinetic energy release are smaller. A simple deuterium exchange labelling experiment may be necessary for the unequivocal identification of C2H5N+• ion structures.


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (14) ◽  
pp. 2076-2083 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Holmes ◽  
Johan K. Terlouw

Metastable ion peaks for the fragmentation C2H4O+ • → C2H3O+ + H• have been studied in the first field-free region of a double focussing mass spectrometer under conditions of good energy resolution. Three isomeric C2H4O+ • ions were generated[Formula: see text] (b) CH3CHO+, and (c) CH2=CHOH+ • from ethylene oxide, acetaldehyde, and ethyl vinyl ether respectively, each fragment producing a different 1m* peak having a characteristic shape and kinetic energy release. The above ions do not therefore interconvert prior to fragmentation and their characteristic 1m* peaks permit their unequivocal identification, thus providing a powerful method for ion structure determination.In agreement with some recent collisional activation data it was found that the unbranched aldehydes, cyclic alcohols, and 2-haloethanols investigated generated (c) type C2H4O+ • ions. These are also produced by glycidol and α-furfuryl alcohol. Some compounds generated composite 1m* peaks, e.g. 1,3-dioxolane produces (a) and (c) ions, while compounds which produce prominent C2H5O+ ions having the protonated acetaldehyde structure, generate m/e 44 ions of structures (b) and (c). In isopropanol these components were separated by a deuterium labelling experiment. Contrary to earlier proposals, pyruvic acid does not generate (b) type ions but produces predominantly ions of structure (c).


1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
pp. 2002-2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin-Zhi Chen ◽  
Jack M. Miller

First field-free region B/E linked scan studies of metastable and particularly collision-induced dissociations show that two competitive coordination processes ("end-on" and "side-on") exist in the complexation of metal ions (Ni+, Co+, Fe+, and Mn+) with alkanenitriles in the FAB source of an E/B configuration mass spectrometer. Analysis of the B/E linked scan CA spectra gives approximate percentages of the end-on coordination mode in the reactive complexes. An unusual β-methyl migration, involved in the elimination of CH4 from end-on complexes, may be in competition with β-H migration/elimination of H2 and β-C—C bond cleavage/elimination of alkene. For the side-on complexes, the metal ions can insert into various C—C bonds followed by β-H transfer/competitive elimination of alkene and alkane or by a direct C—M+ bond cleavage to give an alkyl radical. Key words: FAB mass spectroscopy, metal-ion/nitrile reactions, collisional activation, coordination modes, ion–molecule reactions.


1967 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Barber ◽  
K. R. Jennings ◽  
R. Rhodes

A method is described for detecting metastable transitions which take place with the release of kinetic energy in the field-free region between the source and electrostatic analyser of a doublefocusing mass spectrometer, and a procedure is given for evaluating the kinetic energy release. Values are given for a number of transitions and are in agreement with those obtained by other methods where comparison is possible. The variation of peak shape with accelerating voltage is ascribed to the varying efficiency with which product ions are collected.


1998 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 974-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nishiura ◽  
M. Sasao ◽  
M. Wada

1970 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
PK Saha ◽  
MH Bahar

Propanone (acetone) was dimerised to obtain 4-hydroxy-4-methylpentanone-2 (diacetone alcohol) in reasonably good yields in presence of metal catalyst viz aluminium, iron, tin and zinc at different catalytic conditions---pure metal, activated metal and amalgamated metal. Yields of the product was found to decrease exponentially with the increase of proton number of the metal catalyst. Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 42(1), 9-14, 2007


Author(s):  
C. Malbrunot ◽  
C. Amsler ◽  
S. Arguedas Cuendis ◽  
H. Breuker ◽  
P. Dupre ◽  
...  

The goal of the ASACUSA-CUSP collaboration at the Antiproton Decelerator of CERN is to measure the ground-state hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen using an atomic spectroscopy beamline. A milestone was achieved in 2012 through the detection of 80 antihydrogen atoms 2.7 m away from their production region. This was the first observation of ‘cold’ antihydrogen in a magnetic field free region. In parallel to the progress on the antihydrogen production, the spectroscopy beamline was tested with a source of hydrogen. This led to a measurement at a relative precision of 2.7×10 −9 which constitutes the most precise measurement of the hydrogen hyperfine splitting in a beam. Further measurements with an upgraded hydrogen apparatus are motivated by CPT and Lorentz violation tests in the framework of the Standard Model Extension. Unlike for hydrogen, the antihydrogen experiment is complicated by the difficulty of synthesizing enough cold antiatoms in the ground state. The first antihydrogen quantum states scan at the entrance of the spectroscopy apparatus was realized in 2016 and is presented here. The prospects for a ppm measurement are also discussed. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Antiproton physics in the ELENA era’.


1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 795-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Flammang ◽  
Yves Van Haverbeke ◽  
Carl Braybrook ◽  
Jeff Brown

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