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The field mass spectra of 18 sulfides, sulfoxides, and sulfones were investigated, and the principles of charge localization in the dissociation and rearrangements of the molecular ions of these compounds were established. A new type of fragmentation leading to the elimination of S+., SO+., and SO2. was observed. A new mechanism, according to which cleavage of two C-S bonds and the formation of one new C-C bond due to radical recombination cocur in the cyclic transition complex, is proposed. Prior migration of alkyl radicals from sulfur to oxygen with subsequent cleavage of the S-O and C-S bonds via the above-mentioned mechanism may also occur in the molecular ions of sulfoxides and sulfones.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 172–181, March–April, 1987.
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Aleksankin, M.M., Samchenko, I.P., Fileleeva, L.I. et al. Dissociation and rearrangements of the molecular ions of sulfides, sulfoxides, and sulfones generated by a strong electric field. Theor Exp Chem 23, 164–171 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00534576
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