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Mass spectrometric studies on 4-aryl-1-cyclopropyl-1,2-dihydropyridinyl derivatives: An examination of a novel fragmentation pathway
Bissel, Philippe,Geherin, Skye,Igarashi, Kazuo,Gandour, Richard D.,Lazar, Iulia M.,Castagnoli Jr., Neal
, p. 1643 - 1653 (2007/10/03)
Examination of the electrospray ionization product ion spectra of 1,2-dihydropyridinyl and 4-aryl-1,2-dihydropyridinyl derivatives bearing a 1-cyclopropyl or 1-trans-2-phenylcyclopropyl group has led to the characterization of unexpected fragment ions. For example, the base peak at m/z 156 present in the product ion spectrum of trans-1-(2-phenylcyclopropyl)-4- phenyl-1,2-dihydropyridine proved not to be the expected 4-phenylpyridinium species but rather the isomeric 3-phenyl-5-azoniafulvenyl species. The results of studies with a series of structural and isotopically labeled analogs require a novel fragmentation pathway to account for the formation of this and related fragment ions. One possible pathway is based on an initial 1,5-sigmatropic shift of a cyclopropylmethylene hydrogen atom that is accompanied by opening of the cyclopropyl ring. The resulting eniminium intermediates then fragment to yield the 5-azoniafulvenyl species. Copyright