Organic Chemistry
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Chapter 12.3, Problem 3P
What are the masses of the charged fragments produced in the following cleavage pathways?
(a) Alpha cleavage of 2-pentanone (CH3COCH2CH2CH3)
(b) Dehydration of cyclohexanol (hydroxycyclohexane)
(c) McLafferty rearrangement of 4-methyl-2-pentanone [CH3COCH2CH(CH3)2]
(d) Alpha cleavage of triethylamine [(CH3CH2)3N]
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