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We have systematically studied the mass spectra of the halides of the bicyclo[n.1.O]alkane series (n=4–6), showing the principal mode for fragmentation of these compounds to involve opening of the cyclopropane ring with subsequent elimination of the ring fragments.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 91–97, January, 1977.
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The authors wish to thank Dr. Tomash (Research Laboratory for Chemical Structure of the Academy of Sciences of the Peoples Republic of Hungary) for having shown the identity of the mass spectra of the isomers of (VI). They would also like to thank O. S. Chizhov for his interest in this work, and B. M. Zolotarev for a valuable discussion.
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Agavelyan, É.S., Mal'tsev, A.K. & Nefedov, O.M. Mass spectra of the bicyclo[n.1.0]alkanes and their halogen derivatives. Russ Chem Bull 26, 77–83 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00921497
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