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Hydroxyacetylene: Generation and Characterization of the Neutral Molecule, Radical Cation and Dication in the Gas Phase†‡
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This work was supported by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. J. K. T. thanks the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) for a Science Exchange Award.
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Dedicated to Professor David Ginsburg on the occasion of his 65th birthday
Abstract
The simplest ynol, the title compound 2, like the singly and doubly positively charged species 3 and 4, respectively, could be generated in the mass spectrometer. Cleavage of CO from 1 furnished the radical cation 3, which on neutralization with Xe affords the neutral ynol 2. The radical cation 3 can be converted into the dication 4 by charge stripping.
