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Novel gas-phase ion-molecule aromatic nucleophilic substitution in beta-carbolines
Norberto P Lopes1, Tatiana Fonseca, John P G Wilkins
1Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.
Abstract:
We report a novel gas-phase ion-molecule aromatic-nucleophilic substitution reaction between beta-carbolines and water vapour, that accounts for the observation of ions with higher masses than the precursor ion in the MS/MS spectra.