Nitrogen fixation is essential for the maintenance of life and development of society,
however, the large bond dissociation energy and nonpolarity of the triple bond constitute a …

It is common and chemically intuitive to assign cations electrophilic and anions nucleophilic
reactivity, respectively. Herein, we demonstrate a striking violation of this concept: The anion …

Desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (DAPCI) is implemented on a portable
mass spectrometer and applied to the direct detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons …

Identification of active components in a variety of chemical products used directly by
consumers is described at both trace and bulk levels using mass spectrometry. The …

Direct analysis and identification of long chain aliphatic primary diamine Duomeen O (n-
oleyl-1, 3-diaminopropane), corrosion inhibitor in raw water samples taken from a large …

Gas‐phase reactions of mass‐selected ions with neutrals covers a very broad area of
fundamental and applied mass spectrometry (MS). Oftentimes, ion‐molecule reactions (IMR) …

Alkanes and [B12X12] 2−(X= Cl, Br) are both stable compounds which are difficult to
functionalize. Here we demonstrate the formation of a boron− carbon bond between these …

We demonstrated direct conversion of benzene into pyridine and aniline, assisted through
exact mass measurements (m/z 80.0494, 93.0574, and 94.0651, respectively), through the …

Electrophilic anions of type [B12X11]− posses a vacant positive boron binding site within the
anion. In a comparatitve experimental and theoretical study, the reactivity of [B12X11]− with …

Although photochemically produced organic hazes are common in planetary atmospheres,
there have been few experimental investigations of the gas-phase chemistry leading to …