Results of an investigation of deuterium labelled methylated norborneols and dihydrocarveols are presented to show that the 1,2 elimination of water in borneol and isoborneol is triggered by an initial ring cleavage reaction. Other eliminations of water in borneol and isoborneol are elucidated by specific and stereospecific deuterium labelling in different positions.
Comparative investigation of reactivities and ion structures upon electron impact induced degradations of the isomeric hydroxy cinnamic acid methyl esters
SummaryBy analysis of energy release data in metastable peaks it is shown that m-and p-hydroxy cinnamic acid methylesters retain specific structural features upon degradation under electron impact, although their spectra are very similar and the shapes of the metastable peaks due to the initial methoxy cleavage are identical. A pronounced charge radical localization in the molecular ion is indicated. The o-isomer is found to yield a coumarin type structure by elimination of methanol, whose further degradation by decarbonylation involves at least three different mechanisms. The resulting ion structures are different from benzofuran.Einleitung. -Die Messung der beim dissoziativen Abbau metastabiler Ionen freiwerdenden Energie und ihrer Verteilung in den Produkten ist eine der empfindlichsten und zuverlassigsten Methoden, um uber Mechanismen, Ubergangszustande und Produktstrukturen mehr als spekulative Aussagen zu machen [ 1-31. Wir haben mit dieser modernen Messtechnik die isomeren Hydroxyzimtsauremethylester vergleichend untersucht, um festzustellen, ob den Abbauprodukten definierte Ionenstrukturen zugeordnet werden konnen oder ob gemeinsame Zwischenprodukte entstehen.Die unter analytischen Standardbedingungen aufgenommenen Spektren der mund p-Isomeren (Fig. l a und l b ) gleichen einander so stark, dass die Annahme einer Tautomerisierung zu gleichen Zwischenprodukten naheliegt. Das Spektrum des o-
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