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DOI: 10.1039/A903098K (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1999, 1425-1426

The gas-phase fragmentation of trineopentylstannyl cation: a rare example of β-methyl migration within a main group organometallic compound

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Dainis Dakternieks, Allan E. K. Lim and Kieran F. Lim

Abstract

The lowest-energy fragmentation pathway of trineopentylstannyl cation is the first example of β-methyl migration to an organotin compound in the gas-phase; the origin of the migrating methyl groups is confirmed by an isotopic labelling experiment.

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