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Title: Thermochemistry and dissociation dynamics of state-selected C/sub 4/H/sub 8/O/sub 2//sup +/ ions. 3. Ethyl acetate

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100394a033· OSTI ID:7059878

The photoionization efficiency curves and appearance energies of C/sub 4/H/sub 8/O/sub 2//sup +/, C/sub 3/H/sub 5/O/sub 2//sup +/, C/sub 4/H/sub 6/O/sup +/, C/sub 2/H/sub 5/O/sub 2//sup +/, C/sub 2/H/sub 5/O/sup +/, C/sub 2/H/sub 3/O/sup +/, and C/sub 2/H/sub 5//sup +/ from ethyl acetate have been obtained. Structures and heats of formation of some of the ions are proposed. The ethyl acetate ion was found to be metastable in the vicinity of the first dissociation onset producing C/sub 4/H/sub 6/O/sup +/ (m/e 70) and H/sub 2/O. The decay rates as a function of parent ion internal energy were measured betwen 10.4 and 10.7 eV. The comparison of the observed rates with those calculated by use of the RRKM/QET statistical theory indicates that the the ethyl acetate ion isomerizes to a more stable ion prior to dissociation. The isomerized structure is neither that of dioxane nor butanoic acid, but may be the enol tautomer of ethyl acetate.

Research Organization:
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
OSTI ID:
7059878
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 86:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English