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Mass Spectral Studies To Investigate Butylbenzene Fragmentation Pathway And Pyrolysis Products., Balasubramaniam Lingam
Mass Spectral Studies To Investigate Butylbenzene Fragmentation Pathway And Pyrolysis Products., Balasubramaniam Lingam
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In this dissertation research, two fundamental studies involving gas chromatography mass spectrometry of n-butylbenzene and pyrolysis products are presented. In the first study, fragmentation pathways of n-butylbenzene in quadrupole ion trap have been investigated. At low energy, product ion corresponding to m/z 92 and m/z 91 are formed via competitive parallel dissociation. Studies have also shown that at higher energy m/z 92 has sufficient internal energy to undergo further fragmentation yielding m/z 91 via consecutive dissociation. Thus in order to discern the fragmentation pathways of n-butylbenzene, the technique of two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2DCOS) was applied to the mass spectral data. …