Retro-Diels–Alder reaction
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Retro-Diels–Alder reaction |
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| Ion fragmentation mechanism in which the molecular ion M+ of a cyclic alkene fragments to form a neutral diene and an alkene radical cation or a diene radical cation and an alkene. The reaction is the reverse of the DielsAlder reaction of organic synthesis. |
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| Reference(s):
K. Biemann. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1, 98 (1962). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.196200981 ) |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
