Give 4 ion fragments and their corresponding m/e values when propane is analysed in a mass spectrometer

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eric_d · Answer

@aaronq

aaronq · Answer

Read this http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Organic_Chemistry/Spectroscopy/Mass_Spectrometry

eric_d · Answer

@aaronq

aaronq · Answer

do you know of how - overall - a mass spec works?

eric_d · Answer

mass spectrometer converts something like propane into ions

aaronq · Answer

how?

eric_d · Answer

well, it'll be bombarded with stream of high-energy electrons which would collide with atoms or molecules of the sample forming positive ions

eric_d · Answer

the key is.. once the ions enter a magnetic field, they are separated according to their mass to charge (m/e) ratio

eric_d · Answer

so,..

aaronq · Answer

sorry i was replying to someone else. So, what part do you not get?

eric_d · Answer

Give 4 ion fragments...?

eric_d · Answer

I'm nt sure bout this

eric_d · Answer

@aaronq

eric_d · Answer

what wld be the ion fragments of propane
how do I get that
Don't mind explaining @aaronq

aaronq · Answer

the spray breaks up the molecule into all kinds of configurations, they want only the positive ions.

you have to draw the molecule and then break it into pieces - in all the possible configurations.

eric_d · Answer

So, I need to draw propane first

aaronq · Answer

most definitely

eric_d · Answer

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