Study of ion structures produced by the reaction of 2‐propyl cations with water and methanol; covalently bound v. Hydrogen‐bridged adducts

Abstract In contrast to an earlier report, 1 the collisonally induced dissociation of protonated 2‐propanol and t ‐butyl alcohol yields spectra that are indistinguishable from those of the corresponding [C 3 H 7 /H 2 O] + and [C 4 H 9 /H 2 O] + ions generated by the (formal) gas phase addition reactions in a high pressure ion source of [ s ‐C 3 H 7 ] + and [ t ‐C 4 H 9 ] + ions with the n ‐donor H 2 O. Similarly, [ s ‐C 3 H 7 /CH 3 OH] + ions …