
%0 Journal Article
%A Sheldon, JC 
%A Bowie, JH 
%T The reactions of [F<sup>-</sup>---HOMe] and [MeCO<sub>2</sub>----HF] negative ions with acetaldehyde and acetone. An Ion Cyclotron Resonance and <I>ab initio</I> Study
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1983/02/01
%V 36
%N 2
%P 289-296
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9830289
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9830289 
%X The ion [F-- - -HOMe] may be produced by the reaction of CF3O- with methyl formate, a reaction of a type widely used for the production of 'solvated' negative ions. The possible reaction mechanism for the model system F-/HCO2H has been explored by ab initio calculations. The reactions of acetaldehyde and acetone with [F-- - -HOMe] yield stable [M + F-] ions which are thought to correspond to 'solvated' enolate negative ions. Their formation in terms of a mechanistic pathway, recently proposed to account for the formation of [M + RO-] ions from [RO-- - -HOR]/ > CH-CO- systems, is supported by ab initio calculations. 
