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S J Yu1, M L Gross, K R Fountain
1Midwest Center for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, 68588-0304, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Abstract:
The distonic radical cation C5H5N(+)-(·)CH2 can be generated by the reactions of neutral pyridine with the radical cations of cyclopropane, ethylene oxide, and ketene, as well as with the [C3H6](+) ion from fragmentation of tetrahydrofuran. The distonic product ion can be distinguished from isomeric methylpyridine radical cations because the former gives characteristic [M-CH2](+), [M - CH2NCH](+), and a doubly charged ion, all of which are produced on collisional activation. Furthermore, the distonic species completely transfers CH2 (+) to more nucleophilic, substituted pyridines. These properties are all consistent with the assigned distonic structure. Another distonic isomer, the (3-methylene) pyridinium ion, can be distinguished from the (1-methylene)pyridinium ion on the basis of their different fragmentation behaviors. The latter ion exhibits higher stability (lower reactivity) than the prototypal [·CH2NH3 (+)], making available a distonic species whose bimolecular reactivity can be readily investigated.
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