Dear forum users,
for a school essay I have to determine what molecule i'm looking at by analysing various spectra. Now I am 100% sure what my molecule is but I just can not figure out where the base peak comes from in the MS spectrum:
And the molecule (as written in the title):
In another topic on this forum I've read about special carotenoid rearrangements.
Thanks in advance for the replies.
I hope the images load, I don't really know how to use forums.