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Electron-impact mass spectra of nitromethylpyridines

Journal Article · · Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6226132
The authors studied the behavior of a series of di- and trinitromethyl-pyridines upon electron impact. The presence of mass spectral peaks for ions formed as a result of the loss of one or several NO/sub 2//sup ./ groups and/or NO/sup ./ groups from the molecular and fragmentation ions permits determination of the number of nitro groups in the molecule studied. Furthermore, the elimination of a hydroxyl group from the (M-NO/sub 2/)/sup +/ ion, which is not found in the trinitromethyl-pyridine series, is characteristic of the dinitromethyl derivatives. Under conditions of electron-impact mass spectrometry, nitromethylpyridines were found to form molecular ions whose stability depends on the position of the substituent. The nature of the fragmentation of the molecular ions permits them to distinguish trinitromethyl from dinitromethyl substituents.
Research Organization:
N.D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, USSR
OSTI ID:
6226132
Journal Information:
Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 34:12; ISSN BACCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English