Ion-neutral complex formation and hydrogen-shifts in the alkene loss from ionized alkyl phenyl thioethers in the gas phase

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/jms.1190300109

The mechanistic aspects of alkene loss from ionized ethyl- and n-propyl phenyl thioethers have been studied by use of deuterium labelling and tandem mass spectrometry. Loss of ethene from the molecule ion of ethyl phenyl thioether proceeds predominantly b