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The fragmentation of 5- and 3-substituted thiophene-2-carboxamides under electron impact

Salvatore FisichellaGaetano AlberghinaSalvatore OcchipintiOrazio PuglisiLeopoldo Ceraulo

subject

Collision-induced dissociationAnalytical chemistryPhotochemistryMass spectrometryBiochemistryIonMasschemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryFragmentation (mass spectrometry)Mass spectrumThiopheneMolecular MedicineInstrumentationSpectroscopyElectron ionization

description

The 70 eV electron impact mass spectra of twelve 5- and 3-substituted thiophene-2-carboxamides are discussed with the aid of exact mass measurements and labelling experiments. All mass spectra exhibit pronounced molecular ions. Some isomeric 5- and 3-substituted title compounds can be differentiated by mass spectrometry. The fragmentation is influenced by a strong ‘ortho-effect’ which activates the NH3 elimination. In the other cases the most important fragmentation is NH2˙ loss, followed by CO elimination.

https://doi.org/10.1002/oms.1210151207