scholarly journals Ion-Molecule Reactions in the Binary Mixture of Acetaldehyde and Trioxane. I. Hydrogen Atom and Proton Transfer Reactions

1978 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Kumakura ◽  
Kazuo Arakawa ◽  
Toshio Sugiura
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Binary Mixture ◽  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Ion Molecule Reactions ◽  
Proton Transfer Reactions

Field Induced Ion Molecule Reactions in Adsorbed Layers Studied by Pulsed Field Desorption

1974 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Röllgen ◽  
H. D. Beckey
Keyword(s):  
Proton Transfer ◽  
Ionization Potential ◽  
Chemical Interaction ◽  
Transition Probability ◽  
Transfer Reactions ◽  
Field Desorption ◽  
Pulsed Field ◽  
Ion Molecule Reactions ◽  
Adsorbed Layers ◽  
Proton Transfer Reactions

The formation of ions under field ionization conditions is partly due to ion molecule reactions in adsorbed layers on the emitter surface. In order to study these reactions a pulsed field desorption (PFD) technique was applied, by which ions resulting from these reactions are detected with high relative intensity. The PFD-mass spectra of some small organic molecules are discussed with respect to the principal reaction mechanisms and types of ions formed. It was found that if reactions involving chemical interaction with the surface are left out of consideration only proton transfer reactions are the primary processes. Desorption products resulting from proton transfer reactions are, for example, (M+H)+, (2M+H)+, (3M+H)+, (M+CH3)+ and (2M)+ ions in the case of methanol. The formation of complexes preceeding atom rearrangement reactions are suppressed by the high electric field and consequently could not be detected. Secondary reactions of the (M-H)•-radical lead to the elimination of H- from molecules and in certain cases to the formation of addition complexes. Field induced reactions were found to occur almost adiabatically, i.e. it is not necessary to supply the ionization potential of the proton donor in a proton transfer reaction. Products of reactions with ionization energies above the ionization potential of the molecules involved in the reaction are not observable. To a first approximation the electron transition probability for field reactions seems to be dependent on the energy of formation of the ions and not on the type of reaction.

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