
%0 Journal Article
%A Lloyd, EJ 
%A Porter, QN 
%T Mass spectrometric studies. XII. Organic sulphates
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1977/03/01
%V 30
%N 3
%P 569-578
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9770569
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9770569 
%X The mass spectra of dimethyl and diethyl sulphates contain intense rearrangement ions resulting from expulsion of sulphur trioxide subsequent to &#945;-cleavage. The cyclic sulphates from 1,2-diols fragment quite differently to the analogous sulphites, and the mode of fragmentation appears to depend in a non-specific way on the substituents present. The sulphates of 1,3-diols fragment in an orderly manner via M-SO3 ions, which are best represented as oxetan radical cations, while limited data for sulphates of 1,4-diols suggest fragmentation via tetrahydrofuran-like intermediates. 
