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The 60-u anion observed in the ion/molecule chemistry of methyl nitrite is shown to have the structure O=NCH2O−, and not that of the expected deprotonation product −CH2ONO, by the use of mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry, ion/molecule reactivity, and ab initio calculations.
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Thomas, D.A., Bloor, J.E. & Bartmess, J.E. The structures of the [M−H] anions of the CH3NO2 isomers nitromethane and methyl nitrite. J Am Soc Spectrom 1, 295–300 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(90)85004-6
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