Trisdithiocarbamates mass spectra mass spectra. Study of arsenic, antimony and bismuth Trisdithiocarbamate Complexes

Abstract

Abstract Ten trisdithiocarbamate compounds of arsenic, antimony and bismuth are studied by mass spectrometry. Their fragmentation modes and the fragment ions with common structures are discussed. The molecular ion peaks were not observed in all compounds. The highest mass number fragment ions, which might be generated directly from the molecular ions, are those with less mass units, equal to a dithiocarbamate group; signifing a facile detaching of one of the dithiocarbamato groups. The observed peaks are attributed, either to electron impact or to pyrolytic decomposition. The most prominent peaks, in the higher mass number region of all the spectra, correspond to polynuclear compounds of the general formula M n S m , where M = As, Sb, Bi; S = sulfur; n = 1, 2, 3, 4 and m = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.