Common mass spectral decomposition paths for some CnH2n–1+ and CnH2n–3+ ions in the gas phase
Abstract
Isomeric ions in the series CnH2n–1+ and CnH2n–3+ were generated in the mass spectrometer from their corresponding alkyl bromides. It is highly probable that the isomeric ions rearrange to common intermediates (or mixtures of intermediates) before decomposition via competing metastable transitions.