Electron impact induced fragmentation of β-allenic and γ-acetylenic alcohols
摘要:
AbstractThe main fragmentation pathway of ionized hydroxyallenes (1) consists of a methyl loss. Extensive deuterium‐labelling experiments indicate that the terminal allenic carbon is implied in this fragmentation. Collisional activation spectra indicate a propenyl‐acylium structure (a) for these [M – CH3]+ ions which can originate from a 1,4‐hydroxyl migration followed by hydrogen rearrangements. Isomeric hydroxyacetylenes (2) behave similarly, also giving rise, by methyl loss, to acylium ions a. It is proposed that 2+ ˙ is irreversibly isomerized into 1+ ˙ by a 1,3‐hydrogen transfer ‘catalysed’ by the hydroxy group. The proposed internal proton‐bound complex justifies also the easier loss of water from 2+˙. Ethyl loss is also a prominent fragmentation for the hydroxyallene and hydroxy‐acetylene homologues.