Site-selective abstraction in the reaction of 5-20 eV O+ with a self-assembled monolayer

Xiangdong Qin; Tochko Tzvetkov; Xin Liu; Dong-Chan Lee; Luping Yu; Dennis C Jacobs

doi:10.1021/ja045475v

Site-selective abstraction in the reaction of 5-20 eV O+ with a self-assembled monolayer

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Oct 20;126(41):13232-3. doi: 10.1021/ja045475v.

Authors

Xiangdong Qin¹, Tochko Tzvetkov, Xin Liu, Dong-Chan Lee, Luping Yu, Dennis C Jacobs

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA.

PMID: 15479071
DOI: 10.1021/ja045475v

Abstract

Site-specific reaction of hyperthermal O+ with a self-assembled monolayer is described. Isotopic labeling experiments reveal the percentage of abstraction products formed from hydrogen atoms bound originally to the top three carbon atoms in the chain.