Quadrupole ion trap studies of fundamental organic reactions.
Over the past several decades, quadrupole ion traps have become important instruments in the study of gas phase ion/molecule reactions. As a part of this work, they have been employed in a number of studies focused on fundamental organic reaction mechanisms. In this review, the general features and limitations of quadrupole ion traps are discussed followed by a description of representative ion trap studies of organic reaction mechanisms such as substitution, elimination, and acyl transfer reactions.
Gronert
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA. sgronert@sfsu.edu