Gupta et al
Der Chemica Sinica, 2017, 8(1):218-222
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Replacement of piperidine with morpholine as amine part in the amides led to the changes as expected from the
proposed fragmentation scheme. This replacement resulted in the stronger molecular ion peak in morpholides in
comparison to the piperidine amides. Such molecular ion peak enhancement was more prominent in case of 2- and
4-substituted carboxylic acids. However, like piperidine amides, in the mass spectra of morpholides, the base peak
results from the cleavage of C-N bond α to the CO group and appears at m/z 114 (m/z 112 in piperidine amides).
However, an exception to it was observed in the mass spectrum of 4-methoxyphenylacetic acid morpholide where
the base peak appeared at m/z 121 due to the cleavage of C-C bond cleavage α to the CO group which may resulted
from the formation of more stable resonance stabilized 4-methoxybenzyl carbocation. Surprisingly, such behaviour
was not observed in the corresponding piperidine amide. Other fragment ions containing the morpholine residue was
confirmed by comparing with mass spectra of piperidine amides.
Another noticeable difference between the mass spectra of piperidine amide and morpholides was observed in the subsequent
fragmentation of the carboxamide ion. In case of piperidine amides, it eliminates HCNO (43) molecule to give rise to a peak
at m/z 69 which is followed by loss of ethylene molecule to give peak at m/z 41. On the other hand, in case of morpholides,
the carboxamide preferentially eliminates CO molecule to give a peak at m/z 86 which readily loses oxygen atom to give
rise to peak at m/z 70. Subsequent loss of another ethylene molecule leads to the appearance of a peak at m/z 42 (
Scheme 3).
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