From Fragmentation to Construction--from Void to Massive: Fascination with Organic Mass Spectrometry and the Synthesis of Novel Three-Dimensional Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

摘要: Detailed insights gained from our research into the gas-phase chemistry of ionized and protonated diphenylalkanes their congeners, obtained by extended synthesis isotopically labeled model compounds mass spectrometry, are presented merged with those acquired during development a new family polycyclic hydrocarbons, centropolyindanes. Aside Personal Account that describes "two scientific lives in one", it is demonstrated, on one hand, how understanding organic can help to shed light details spectrometric fragmentation unravel, more fundamental way, unimolecular reactivity gaseous ions. On other shown unexpected related ions solution, being subject very same fundamentals chemistry, lead construction novel and, part, unique three-dimensional structures may contribute future material science. Two such apparently independent fields be seen as joint contributions art