title: Mass Spectrometry Study of Coumarins: Correlation Between Charges of Atoms and Fragmentation Processes.
abstract: The mass spectrometry of a number of 6-substituted coumarins was studied in the context of correlating fragmentation pathways and electronic charges of atoms performed by AM1semiempirical method. The atomic charges of atoms are found to be good predictors of the fragmentation pathways.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Photochimie et d'Analyse, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: Lamine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cissé
authors.forename: Alphonse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tine
authors.forename: Léopold
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaboré
authors.forename: Adama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saba
keywords: AM1; coumarin; electronic charge; fragmentation; mass spectrometry