Abstract
Abstract The gas-phase ion–molecule reactions of CF3+ with five monosubstituted benzenes carrying a carbonyl group (PhCOX: X = H, CH3, C2H5, OCH3, OC2H5) have been studied at near-thermal energies using an ion-beam apparatus. The major product channel for PhCHO, PhCOCH3, and PhCOOCH3 is electrophilic addition to the O-atom leading to initial adduct ions, which are 80.3—95.0% of the total product ions. Although no initial adduct ions are observed for PhCOC2H5 and PhCOOC2H5, major product ions are formed by electrophilic addition to the O-atom followed by dissociation and molecular eliminations. The reaction mechanism is discussed based on product ion distributions and semi-empirical calculations of the energies of intermediates and products. The results obtained are compared with reported ion-cyclotron-resonance data for aliphatic carbonyl compounds.
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