LIN-ZHI CHEN and JACK M. MILLER. Can. J. Chem. 69,2002Chem. 69, (1991. First field-free region B/E linked scan studies of metastable and particularly collision-induced dissociations show that two competitive coordination processes ("end-on" and "side-on") exist in the complexation of metal ions (Ni+, Co+, Fe+, and Mn+) with alkanenitriles in the FAB source of an E/B configuration mass spectrometer. Analysis of the B/E linked scan CA spectra gives approximate percentages of the end-on coordination mode in the reactive complexes. An unusual @-methyl migration, involved in the elimination of CH, from end-on complexes, may be in competition with P-H migration/elimination of H2 and @-C-C bond cleavage/elimination of alkene. For the side-on complexes, the metal ions can insert into various C-C bonds followed by P-H transfer/competitive elimination of alkene and alkane or by a direct C-M+ bond cleavage to give an alkyl radical.Key words: FAB mass spectroscopy, metal-ion/nitrile reactions, collisional activation, coordination modes, ion-molecule reactions. [Traduit par la redaction]
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