TY - JOUR AB - Many unimolecular mass spectrometric fragmentations do not occur directly from the ionized but otherwise intact molecules, but involve isomerization to reactive intermediates as the critical step of the fragmentation mechanism. During the last few years, distonic ions and ion/neutral complexes have been identified as important intermediates of mass spectrometric fragmentations. Examples are taken from the recent literature and from our own unpublished results to illuminate the role of these intermediates, in particular for rearrangement reactions by remote group interaction. DA - 1992 DO - 10.1016/0168-1176(92)85087-G LA - eng M2 - 825 PY - 1992 SN - 0168-1176 SP - 825-855 T2 - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes TI - Unimolecular reaction mechanisms: the role of reactive intermediates UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-17834051 Y2 - 2024-11-22T03:01:59 ER -