Common intermediates in the electron impact decomposition of substituted nitrobenzenes and anisoles

Abstract

The shapes of “metastable peaks” are used to establish that M⁺– NO ions from substituted nitrobenzenes and M⁺– CH₃ ions from substituted anisoles decompose further via common intermediates, and that in this further decomposition m- and p-substituents are not randomised relative to the reaction centre.