The fragmentation of mass spectroscopy of tropone (1) was compared with that of tropothione (2). The electron-impact mass spectroscopy of 1 afforded almost exclusively the benzene cation radical (m/z
= 78). Mass spectroscopy of 2 gave similarly the m/z
= 78 base peak along with an unusual (M+
− 1) peak. This hydrogen elimination was found to occur at the C(α)–H bond by the use of a 2H-labeled analogue of 2. Ab initio calculations (UB3LYP/6-31G*) showed that a π cation radical of 1 and a σ cation radical of 2 were converted to norcaradiene intermediates. Their further
isomerizations led to [the benzene cation radical (m/z
= 78) + CO] and [(m/z
= 78) + CS], respectively. The fragmentation channel of 1 was calculated to have sufficiently small activation energies of intervening transition states to give almost exclusively the m/z
= 78 peak. For a σ radical of 2, an α hydrogen moved to the sulfur atom. The resultant thiol was isomerized to a second norcaradiene and its further isomerization led to a thioketene like cation and a hydrogen atom corresponding to the unusual (M+
− 1) peak. The difference in fragmentation patterns of 1 and 2 is discussed in terms of their electronic structures.
将
托品酮(1)的质谱碎片与
托品硫酮(2)的质谱碎片进行了比较。1 的电子撞击质谱几乎只提供苯阳离子基(m/z = 78)。2 的质谱同样显示出 m/z = 78 的基峰和一个不寻常的 (M+ - 1) 峰。Ab initio 计算(UB3LYP/6-31G*)表明,1 的 π 阳离子自由基和 2 的 σ 阳离子自由基转化成了去甲二苯中间体。它们的进一步异构化分别导致了[苯阳离子基 (m/z = 78) + CO] 和[(m/z = 78) + CS]。根据计算,1 的碎片通道具有足够小的中间过渡态活化能,几乎只产生 m/z = 78 峰。对于 2 的 σ 自由基,α 氢转移到了
硫原子上。由此产生的
硫醇被异构化为第二个壬二醛,其进一步异构化产生了一个类似
硫酮的阳离子和一个氢原子,对应于不寻常的 (M+ - 1) 峰。我们从电子结构的角度讨论了 1 和 2 碎片模式的差异。