SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

K. Weber, J. Zhang, D. Borchardt, and T.H. Morton,”Pyrolysis of 2-methoxy-2,3,3-trimethylbutane (MTMB)
monitored by 118nm photoionization mass spectrometry.” Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2006, 249-250, 303-310.

J.C. Traeger and T.H. Morton, “Activation Barriers for Addition of Methyl Radicals to Oxygen-Stabilized
Carbocations,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2005, 109, 10467-10473

Scott V. Serafin, Rhonda Maranan, Kangling Zhang, and Thomas Hellman Morton*, "Mass Spectrometric Differentiation Of Linear Peptides Composed Of L–Amino Acids From Isomers Containing One D–Amino Acid Residue" Analytical Chemistry, (2005) 77, 5480-5487.

Scott V. Serafin, Kangling Zhang, Luigi Aurelio, Andrew B. Hughes, and Thomas Hellman Morton, "Decomposition of Protonated Threonine, Its Stereoisomers, and Its Homologues in the Gas Phase: Evidence for Internal Backside Displacement", Organic Letters. 2004, 6, 1561-1564.

T.H. Morton, "Theoretical Models for Ion–Neutral Complexes in Unimolecular Ion Decompositions", Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Volume 4 (N.M.M. Nibbering, ed.) 2004, 165-173.

T.H. Morton, "Mass Spectrometric Discrimination of Acyclic Stereoisomers via Competing Unimolecular Decompositions", Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Volume 4 (N.M.M. Nibbering, ed.) 2004, 433-443.

John C. Traeger and Thomas Hellman Morton, "Photoionization of 2,3-Dimethyl-2-Butanol (Thexyl Alcohol): Interaction Between the Charged and Expelled Fragments", Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2004, 15, 989-997.

John C. Poutsma, Erica J. Andriole, Tristan Sissung and Thomas Hellman Morton, "cis-1,5-Diaminocyclooctane: the most basic gaseous primary amine?", Chem. Comm. 2003, 2040-2041.

Kangling Zhang, Stephane Bouchonnet, Scott V. Serafin, Thomas Hellman Morton, "Stereochemical analysis of deuterated alkyl chains by charge-remote fragmentations of protonated parent ions", Int. J. Mass Spec. 2003, 227, 175-189.

Masashi Yamaguchi, Scott V. Serafin, Thomas Hellman Morton, and Eric L. Chronister, "Infrared Absorption Studies of n-Heptane under High Pressure", J. Phys.Chem. B 2003, 107, 2815-2821.

D. Leblanc, J. Kong, P. S. Mayer, and T. H. Morton, "Taming Halonium Metathesis" Int. J. Mass. Spectrom. 2003, 22, 451-463.

P. S. Mayer, and T. H. Morton, "Gas Phase Electrophilic attack of a Double Bond exhibits Stereoselectivity" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 12928-12929.

P. S. Mayer, D. Leblanc and T. H. Morton, "Gas Phase Halonium Metathesis and its Competitors. Skeletal Rearrangements of Cationic Adducts of Saturated Ketones" J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 14185-14194.

T. H. Morton, "Decomposition via Ion-Neutral Complexes" in The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Volume 1. (P. B. Armentrout, ed.), 467-479.

D. Leblanc, J. Kong, P. S. Mayer, and T. H. Morton, "Cyclization and Rearrangement of Monofluoroallylic Cations from Halonium Metathesis in the Gas Phase", Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2002, 219, 525-536.

J. Kong, P. S. Mayer, and T. H. Morton, "Carbocation Rearrangements of Trimethylsilyl Adducts of Saturated Acyclic C5-C7 Ketones in the Gas Phase", Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2002, 217, 257-271.

T. H. Morton, "Neutral Products from Gas Phase Rearrangements of Some Simple Carbocations" in Advances in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, Volume 4, (N. Adams and L. Babcock, ed.) London, Elsevier Science B. V., 2001 pp.213-256.2002, 124, 12928-12929.

T. H. Morton, "Archiving Odors," in Of Molecules and Mind (N. Bhushan and S. Rosenfeld, eds), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000, pp 251-272.

V. Nguyen, P. S. Mayer, and T. H. Morton, "Intramolecular Fluorine Transfer via 4-Member Cyclic Transition States," J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 8032-8040.

S. D. Chambreau, J. Zhang, J. C. Traeger, T. H. Morton, “Photoionization of methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE) and t-octyl methyl ether (TOME) and analysis of their pyrolyses by supersonic jet/photoionization mass spectrometry” Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2000, 199, 17-27.

J. P. Morizur, M. H. Taphanel, P. S. Mayer, T. H. Morton, “Stereochemical Analysis of Deuterated Alkyl Chains by MS/MS” J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 381-387.

T. A. Shaler, D. Borchardt, T. H. Morton, “Competing 1,3- and 1,2- Hydrogen Shifts in Gaseous Fluoropropyl Cations” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 7907-7913.

J. C. Traeger, A. Luna, J. C. Tortajada, and T. H. Morton, "Regio- and Stereochemistry of Alkene Expulsions from Ionized sec-Alkyl Phenyl Ethers," J. Phys. Chem. 1999, 103, 2348-2358.

B. E. Kohler, T. H. Morton, V, Nguyen, and T. A. Shaler, "Conformations of b-Fluorophenetole and their Reactivity Studied by Jet/REMPI Spectroscopy," J. Phys. Chem. 1999, 103, 2302-2309.

J. S Bennett, D. W. Bell, B. A. Buchholz, E. S. C. Kwok, J. S. Vogel, and T. H. Morton, "Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for Assaying Irreversible Covalent Modification of an Enzyme by Acetoacetic Ester," Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 1998 179/180, 185-193.

H. E. Audier, D. Berthomieu, D. Leblanc, and T. H. Morton, "Multiple Protonation Sites in Aryl Ethers," Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 1998, 175, 133-147.

M. H. Taphanel, J. P. Morizur, D. Leblanc, D. Borchardt, and T. H. Morton, "Stereochemical Analysis of Monodeuterated Isomers by GC/MS/MS," Analytical Chemistry 1997, 69, 4191-4196.

V. Nguyen, J. S. Bennett, and T. H. Morton, "Bridging versus Hydride Shift in Gaseous Cations: Hydroxy as a Vicinal Substituent," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 8342-8349; 1997, 119, 12026.

J. C. Traeger and T. H. Morton, "Mechanisms for the Expulsion of Propene from Ionized Propyl Phenyl Ethers in the Gas Phase," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 9661-9668.

H. E. Audier, D. Berthomieu, and T. H. Morton, "Gas Phase Decomposition of Conjugate Acid Ions of Simple tert-Butyl Alkyl Ethers", J. Org. Chem.. 1995, 60, 7198-7208.

G. H. Weddle, R. C. Dunbar, K. Song, T. H. Morton, "Time-Resolved Photodissociation of the Molecular Ions of Propyl Phenyl Ethers," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 2573-2580.

T. A. Shaler, and T. H. Morton, "Fluorine Shifts in Gaseous Cations. Analogues of Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangements", J. Am. Chem Soc. 1994, 116, 9222-9226.

K. Song, A. van Eijk, T. A. Shaler, and T. H. Morton, "Fragment Ion Formation in Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization of n-Propyl Ether in a Supersonic Jet," J. Am. Chem Soc. 1994, 116, 4455-4460.

M. M. Midland, and T. H. Morton, "Is Protonated Ammonium Fluoride an Ion-Neutral Complex in the Gas Phase?", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 9596-9601.

D. McAdoo and T. H. Morton, "Gas Phase Analogues of Cage Effects," Accounts of Chemical Research 1993, 26, 295-302.

V. Nguyen, X. Cheng, and T. H. Morton, "3-Member Cyclic Fluoronium Ions in Gaseous Ion-Neutral Complexes," J. Am. Chem Soc. 1992, 114, 2020-2027.

W. -C. Lin and T. H. Morton, "Two-Step Affinity Chromatography. Model Systems and an Example Using Biotin-Avidin Binding and a Fluoridolyzable Linker" J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 6850-6856.

Papers on Olfaction (from 1987 and before)

Robert B. Nachbar, Thomas Hellman Morton, “A Gas Chromatographic (GLPC) Model for the Sense of Smell. Variation of Olfactory Sensitivity with Conditions of Stimulation”, J. theor. Biol. (1981) 89, 387-407.

J. Russell Mason, Fah Che Leong, Kevin W. Plaxco, Thomas Hellman Morton, “Two-Step Covalent Modification of Proteins. Selective Labeling of Schiff Base-Forming Sites and Selective Blockade of the Sense of Smell in Vivo.”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1985) 107, 6075-6084.

J. Russell Mason, Kamalesh K. Johri, Thomas Hellman Morton, “Generalization in Olfactory Detection of Chemical Cues Containing Carbonyl functions by Tiger Salamanders”, Journal of Chemical Ecology (1987) 13, 1-18.

J. Russell Mason, Larry Clark, Thomas Hellman Morton, “Covalent Modifcation of Schiff Base-Forming Proteins: In Vitro Evidence for Site Specificity and Behavorial Evidence for Production of Selective Hyposmia in Vivo”, in Olfaction and Taste IX (edited by Stephen D. Roper & Jelle Atema) Annuals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1987) 510, 468-471.