Gas-phase intramolecular cyclization of argentinated N-allylbenzamides

J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2015 May;26(5):826-32. doi: 10.1007/s13361-015-1079-0. Epub 2015 Feb 24.

Abstract

The fragmentations of argentinated N-allylbenzamides have been exhaustively studied through collision-induced dissociation and through deuterium labeling. The intriguing elimination of AgOH is certified as the consequence of intramolecular cyclization between terminal olefin and carbonyl carbon following proton transfer to carbonyl oxygen, rather than simple enolization of amide. Linear free energy correlations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to understand the competitive relationship between AgOH loss and AgH loss, which results from the 1,2-elimination of α-hydrogen (to the amido nitrogen) with the silver.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Allyl Compounds / chemistry*
  • Benzamides / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Energy Transfer
  • Hot Temperature
  • Hydroxides / analysis
  • Hydroxides / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Silver / analysis
  • Silver / chemistry*
  • Silver Compounds / analysis
  • Silver Compounds / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Volatilization

Substances

  • Allyl Compounds
  • Benzamides
  • Hydroxides
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Silver Compounds
  • Silver