The ion-molecule reactions in C
3H
6 and C
2H
4 systems are studied by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) spectrometry. The ejection technique is used to elucidate complex ion-molecule reactions in C
3H
6 and C
2H
4. All the ions except the specific reactant ions are ejected from the cell so that the reactions of selected ions with the parent gas molecules can be examined. In the C
3H
6 system two secondary reactions: C
3H
7++C
3H
6→C
4H
9++C
2H
4 and C
4H
7++C
3H
6→C
5H
9++C
2H
4 and in the C
2H
4 system a secondary reaction: C
3H
5++C
2H
4→C
5H
7++H
2 are identified and their relative rate constants are determined from measurements of the reactant and product ion intensities as a function of reaction time in the cell.
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