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Reactions within and between adjacent dimethylamino groups: Collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometric study of the 1,9-bis(dimethylamino)phenalenium cation

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Staab,  Heinz A.
Department of Organic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Rentzea, M., Hofmeister, J., & Staab, H. A. (1993). Reactions within and between adjacent dimethylamino groups: Collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometric study of the 1,9-bis(dimethylamino)phenalenium cation. Organic Mass Spectrometry, 28(5), 615-618. doi:10.1002/oms.1210280524.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0019-AA74-9
Abstract
The electron impact (EI) ionization-induced fragmentation pathways of the new 1,9-bis(dimethylamino) phenalenium cation [1]+ were investigated. The peri-dimethylamino substituents of [1]+ are incorporated in a trimethine cyanine substructure and show strong steric interactions. A mechanism is proposed for the unusual elimination of CH3N[DOUBLE BOND]CH2, HN(CH3)2 and (CH3)3N from [1]+ and for the accompanying cyclizations to heterocyclic ions: prior to fragmentation, the intact cation [1]+ rearranges, by reciprocal CH3 and H transfers, to new isomeric cations which decompose subsequently in a characteristic way. A wealth of consistent information on dissociation pathways and fragment structures is provided by collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectra, collision-induced dissociation mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectra and exact mass measurements of the salt cation and of its primary fragment ions. The liquid secondary ion mass spectrum of [1]+ is very similar to its EI mass spectrum.