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Are benzoylium and nitrilium ions produced from substituted 2-arene-2-oxazolines during mass spectrometry? A study based on DFT calculations, QTAIM, and ESI-MS/MS.

Letícia da Silva BorgesJoão Henrique Carvalho BatistaLeandro BozziniCelso Donizete LourençoNorberto Peporine LopesGiuliano Cesar ClososkiRicardo Vessecchi
Published in: Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM (2022)
Our results can help to identify 2-arene-2-oxazoline derivatives by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS), which can be applied for monitoring reactions through the identified diagnostic ions (product ions). Also, we can suggest that benzoylium and nitrilium ions emerge during fragmentation under CID conditions.
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