Can. J. Chem. 64, 764 (1986). The (M -H+)-ion of butyrophenone undergoes the following reactions on collisional activation: losses of CH3', CH,, (C,HSe), C2H4, C3H7', (CO + CH4), together with formation of C6H5-and C4HSO-. Labelling studies (13C and ' H) show that the losses of CH<, C3H7' and the formation of C6H5-and C4HSO-are specific and occur without hydrogen scrambling. All other reactions involve prior or accompanying hydrogen rearrangement. In particular, the loss of CzH4 is very complex: it involves loss of ethyl carbon atoms, but all hydrogen atoms are involved via specific rearrangement reactions. The phenyl-alkyl H rearrangements which are noted for this process occur after collisional activation of the (M -H+)-ion.