
%0 Journal Article
%A Klass, G 
%A Bowie, JH 
%T Bimolecular reactions of nucleophiles in the gas phase. The reaction of the methoxide anion with ketones. An ion cyclotron resonance study
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1980/10/01
%V 33
%N 10
%P 2271-2275
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9802271
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9802271 
%X The methoxide anion (produced from methyl nitrite) reacts with neutral ketones (M) to form non-decomposing(M-H+)- ions. The (M-H+)- ions are ambident species and they undergo a number of ion-molecule reactions, including (i) characteristic reactions through the carbanion centre with methyl nitrite, and (ii) for acetone, the formation of an [M +(M- H+)]- ion. In several cases peaks due to collision-stabilized (M+MeO-) ions are observed (e.g. MeO-/acetone), but they are not detected for the majority of cases studied. 
