Mass spectrometric investigation of cyclication of diazo compounds. XI. Cyclization of 1-diazo-4-methoxycarbonyl-2-butanones

On the basis of the electron-impact mass spectra of a series of 1-diazo-4-methoxycarbonyl-2-butanones, the data from high-solution mass spectrometry, and the spectrum of the deuterated analog it was shown that the [M-N2]+center-dot ions formed at the first stage in the fragmentation of the molecular ions of these compounds are partly stabilized with the formation of pseudomolecular ions of oxolanones. The molecular ions of the diazo ketones themselves can dissociate in various directions. The many-path dissociation makes it possible to suppose that the yield of oxolanones formed during cyclization in solution under the influence of acidic agents is small