2-Benzylindane radical cations in the gas phase (Part I): Substituent effects on a stereoselective McLafferty reaction and related hydrogen transfer processes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.ijms.2016.05.021

In the present and the accompanying article, the unimolecular fragmentation of the radical cations of 2-benzylindane and eleven derivatives bearing meta- or para-substituents at the benzylic moiety has been studied with a special focus on the hydrogen exc