The stereospecific elimination of H,O and CH,OH from substituted cyclohexanols and their methyl ethers upon electron impact is not reproduced in the corresponding amines. Ring cleavage (Y to the amino group is responsible for the non-stereospecific formation of the most abundant fragments in the amines.
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