McLafferty rearrangement

From Mass Spec Terms

Orange Book Entry

This is an example of a rearrangement reaction and is defined as ????????????? - cleavage with concomitant specific transfer of a ????????????????? - hydrogen atom in a six-membered transition state in mono-unsaturated systems, irrespective of whether the rearrangement is formulated by a radical or by an ionic mechanism and irrespective of with which fragment the charge stays.

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