Double ionization of cycloheptatriene and the reactions of the resulting C7Hn2+ dications (n=6,8) with xenon

Abstract

The formation and fragmentation of the molecular dication C7H82+ from cycloheptatriene and the bimolecular reactivities of C7H82+ and C7H62+ are studied using multipole-based tandem mass spectrometers with either electron ionization or photoionization using synchrotron radiation.

Keywords

• dications
• photoionization
• synchrotron ionization
• xenon compounds