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Book Review: ToF-SIMS: Surface Analysis by Mass Spectrometry

Scott D. Hanton
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 7201 Hamilton Blvd, Allentown, PA 18195, USA. E-mail: hantonsd@apci.com

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Obituary: John Robert Chapman 1939–2004

Peter J. Derrick

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Special issue of the European Journal of Mass Spectrometry on gas-phase ion chemistry and thermochemistry dedicated to John L. Holmes

Paul M. Mayer
Chemistry Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
Leo Radom
School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

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A study of the methane catalyzed isomerization of HCO⁺ to HOC⁺ and the elimination of methane from metastable methoxymethyl cation

Travis D. Fridgen^*
Department of Chemistry, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3C5
John L. Holmes
Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5

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Isolation of isomers based on hydrogen/deuterium exchange in the gas phase

Ulf Mazurek,^a,* Melinda A. McFarland,^b Alan G. Marshall,^b,c Chava Lifshitz^a*
aDepartment of Physical Chemistry and The Farkas Center for Light Induced Processes, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Giv’at Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. E-mail: ykv@chem.ch.huji.ac.il
^bDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
^cIon Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310-4005, USA

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Heat of formation for the methylenimmonium cation by photoionization mass spectrometry

Zoë A. Harvey and John C. Traeger^*
Department of Chemistry, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia. E-mail: j.traeger@latrobe.edu.au

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CH₄ Loss from (CH)₄N⁺ revisited: how does this high energy elimination compete with ^·CH₃ loss?

Charles E. Hudson,^a Lawrence L. Griffin^b and David J. McAdoo^a,*
aDepartment of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555–1043, USA. E-mail: djmcadoo@utmb.edu
^bDepartment of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M; University at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77553, USA

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The formation and heats of formation of simple α-distonic ions

Lars Bo Jensen and Steen Hammerum
Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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The unimolecular reactions of ionized methylacetamides

Lars Bo Jensen and Steen Hammerum
Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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Energy and stability of protonated ketenes: inductive and resonance effects

Henri K. Ervasti,^a Peter C. Burgers^b and Paul J.A. Ruttink^a,*
aTheoretical Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Utrecht, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: p.j.a.ruttink@chem.uu.nl
^bLaboratory for Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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The decarbonylation of the acetamide radical cation and the enolization of its dimer by self-catalysis

Moschoula A. Trikoupis,^a Paul J.A. Ruttink,^b Peter C. Burgers^c and Johan K. Terlouw^d,*
aLaboratory Services Branch, Ministry of the Environment, Etobicoke, Ontario M9P 3V6, Canada
^bTheoretical Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Utrecht, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
^cLaboratory for Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
^dDepartment of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada. E-mail: terlouwj@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca

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Tetrafluorobenzyne thermochemistry: experiment and theory

Lawrence M. Pratt^*
Department of Chemistry, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
Alireza Fattahi and Steven R. Kass^*
Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. E-mail: kass@chem.umn.edu

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The C₃H₇⁺ appearance energy from 2-iodopropane and 2-chloropropane studied by threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence

Adam Brooks,^a Kai-Chung Lau,^b C.Y. Ng,^b and Tomas Baer^a
aDepartment of Chemistry University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, USA
^bDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

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The gas-phase rearrangement of HCCBCCH to a trans pentacyclic isomer. A joint experimental and theoretical study

Andrew M. McAnoy and John H. Bowie^*
Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5005. E-mail: john.bowie@adelaide.edu.au

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Water dimer proton affinity from the kinetic method: dissociation energy of the water dimer

Daniel J. Goebbert, Paul G. Wenthold^*
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. E-mail:pgw@purdue.edu

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Gas-phase halide affinity of aliphatic alcohols estimated by the kinetic method

Rodinei Augusti,^a Daniella V. Augusti,^a Hao Chen,^b and R. Graham Cooks^b,*
aDepartamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/ MG, Brazil 31270-901
^bDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

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Unimolecular fragmentation and isomerization of gaseous arsanyl cations Y-C₆H₄As⁺X (X = F, Cl, Br, I) The role of non-classical nido structures

Dirk Kirchhoff and Hans-Friedrich Grützmacher^*
Fakultät für Chemie der Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 10 01 31, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany. E-mail: hans-friedrich.gruetzmacher@uni-bielefeld.de
Hansjörg Grützmacher
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, HCI H 131 ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

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Electron-rich radicals by neutralization–reionization mass spectrometry. Generation, dissociations and energetics of the hydrogen atom adduct to acetamide

Francis Tam, Erik A. Syrstad, Xiaohong Chen and Frantiček Tureček^*
Department of Chemistry, Bagley Hall, Box 351700, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, USA

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Gas-phase protonation of benzocycloalkenes

Barbara Chiavarino, Maria Elisa Crestoni and Simonetta Fornarini^*
Dipartimento di Studi di Chimica e Tecnologia delle Sostanze Biologicamente Attive, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, P. le A. Moro 5, I- 00185 Roma, Italy. E-mail: simonetta.fornarini@uniroma1.it

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A specific gas phase substitution reaction between enol radical cations and t-butyl nitrite

Pascal Gerbaux,^a* Pascale Wantier,^a* Pham Can Nam^b, Minh Tho Nguyen^b, Guy Bouchoux^c and Robert Flammang^a
aOrganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Mons-Hainaut, 19 Avenue Maistriau, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
^bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
^cLaboratoire des Mécanismes Réactionnels, UMR CNRS 7651, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France

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Evidence for the participation of excited electronic states in the unimolecular dissociation reactions of ionic complexes between NO and aromatic compounds

Julie A.D. Grabowy and Paul M. Mayer^*
Chemistry Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5. E-mail: pmayer@science.uottawa.ca

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Li⁺-coordinated polyglycol radicals: ion–molecule reactions with alkenes and ethers

Michael J. Polce, Jody M. Modarellia and Chrys Wesdemiotis
Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, USA. E-mail: wesdemiotis@uakron.edu

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Li⁺ vs Cu⁺ association to toluene, phenylsilane and phenylgermane. Conventional vs non-conventional π- complexes

Inés Corral, Otilia Mó and Manuel Yáñez
Departamento de Química, C-9, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain

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Fragmentation of singly charged silver/α,Ω-diaminoalkane complexes: competition between the loss of H₂ and AgH molecules

Tujin Shi, Junfang Zhao, Tamer Shoeib, K.W. Michael Siu and Alan C. Hopkinson
Department of Chemistry and Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3. E-mail: ach@yorku.ca

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Ring complexes of S-nitrosothiols with CU⁺: a density functional theory study

Cristina Baciu, Kyung-Bin Cho and James W. Gauld^*
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada

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Gas-phase kinetic measurements of the ligation of Ni⁺, Cu⁺, Ni(pyrrole)_1,2⁺ and Cu(pyrrole)_1,2⁺ with CO₂, D₂O, NH₃ and NO

Michael J. Y. Jarvis, Voislav Blagojevic, Gregory K. Koyanagi and Diethard K. Bohme^*
Department of Chemistry, Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry and Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3. E-mail: dkbohme@yorku.ca

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Guided ion beam study of potential energy surfaces for platinum interactions with nitrogen oxides

Xiao-Guang Zhang and P. B. Armentrout^*
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, USA

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Protonation thermochemistry of α-aminoacids bearing a basic residue

Guy Bouchoux,^*a David-Alexandre Buisson,^b Cyril Colas^a and Michel Sablier^a
aLaboratoire des Mécanismes Réactionnels, UMR 7651, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France
^bCEN Saclay 91190 Gif sur Yvette cedex, France.

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Prediction of the charge states of folded proteins in electrospray ionization

Michael Peschke, Udo H. Verkerk and Paul Kebarle^*
Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canada T6G 2G2

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