The gas-phase acidity of the phenyl radical and some C6H4X·(X = F, Cl, CN) radicals
Abstract
Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT–ICR) mass spectrometry has been used to determine the gas-phase acidities (values in parentheses) of the radicals C6H5·(1592 kJ mol–1), C6H4F·(1565 kJ mol–1), C6H4Cl·(1554 kJ mol–1) and C6H4CN·(1554 kJ mol–1).