On the fate of protonated chloroformates in the gas phase: a competition between forming HCl and chloroformic acid
Malick Diedhiou,
Paul M. Mayer
Abstract:Chloroformates are prevalent in the atmosphere due to their utilization as fuel additives and industrial solvents. These species may undergo interactions with atmospheric water resulting in protonated chloroformates. This study delves into the gas‐phase dissociation of these protonated species. Tandem mass spectrometry was employed to scrutinize the unimolecular dissociation of protonated methyl (1), ethyl (2), neopentyl (3), and phenyl chloroformate (4). Notably, 1 and 4 exhibited HCl loss, yielding CH3OCO+ a… Show more
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