The unimolecular metastable decompositions of bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) ether, CF
3CH
2OCH
2CF
3 (
1), and ethyl 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ether, CH
3CH
2OCH
2CF
3 (
2), induced by electron ionization, have been investigated by mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy (MIKE) spectrometry and energy-dependent collision-induced dissociation (CID) spectra in conjunction with thermochemical data. In the metastable time window, the molecular ions of
1 decompose into the ions at
m/z 113 by the loss of CF3 and
m/z 83 by the consecutive losses of CF3 and CH
2O, while those of 2
+ • decompose into the ions at
m/z 113 and
m/z 59 by the elimination of CH3 and CF3 , respectively. The decomposition of the latter fragment ion is similar to that of the
m/z 59 ion from the corresponding fluorine-free analogue, diethyl ether, CH
3CH
2OCH
2CH
3 (
3), that is, fragment ions
m/z 41 and
m/z 31 are observed, which correspond to the competitive losses of H
2O and C
2H
4, respectively. The metastable ions
m/z 113 from
1+ • and
2+ • decompose in a variety of ways: in addition to the fragment ion
m/z 65, which is generated by the elimination of CHFO, four other fragment ions with
m/z 83, 63, 61, and 31 are observed , which correspond to the competitive losses of CH
2O, (CH
2O+HF), CH
2F
2, and C
2HF
3 (or C
2H
4F
2O), respectively.
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