Low-energy, low-temperature mass spectra. 10—urethanes
作者:Richard D. Bowen、Allan Maccoll
DOI:10.1002/oms.1210240210
日期:1989.2
AbstractThe 12.1 eV, 75°C electron impact mass spectra of 24 urethanes, RNHCO2C2H5 [R H, C2H2n +1 (n = 1‐8), CH2CHCH2, Ph, PhCH2 and PhCH2CH2], and seven symmetrically disubstituted urethanes R2NCO2C2H5 (R Cn H2n + 1 (n = 1−4)) are reported and discussed. All 31 spectra show appreciable molecular ion peaks. For n −Cn H2n +1 NHCO2C2H5, M+ ˙ usually is the most abundant ion in the spectrum. A peak at m/z 102 of comparable intensity also is present; this corresponds to formal cleavage of the bond connecting the α‐ and β‐carbon atoms in the N‐alkyl group, though it is unlikely that the daughter ion has the structure [CH2NHCO2C2H5]+. In the RNHCO2C2H5 series, branching at the α‐carbon atom enhances the relative abundance of the ion arising by notional α‐cleavage at the expense of that of M+ ˙. Formal cleavage of the bond between β‐ and γ‐carbon atoms occurs to some extent for [RNHCO2C2H5]+˙ ions; this reaction provides information on the degree of branching at the β‐carbon, especially if metastable molecular ions are considered. The higher n‐CnH2n +1NHCO2C2H5 (n = 5−8) urethanes exhibit two other significant ions in their mass spectra. First, there is a peak at [M C2H5]+. Secondly, a peak is present at m/z 90; the most plausible structure for this ion is [H2N(HO)COC2H5]+, arising by double hydrogen transfer from the alkyl group and expulsion of a [CnH2n −1]˙ radical. Ions originating from secondary decomposition of the primary ionic species are generally of only very low abundance in these spectra.