Photochemistry of 3-and 4-nitrophenyl azide: detection and characterization of reactive intermediates

TY Liang, GB Schuster

Index: Liang, Tsuei-Yun; Schuster, Gary B. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1987 , vol. 109, # 25 p. 7803 - 7810

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Abstract: Irradiation of nitro-substituted aromatic azides initiates a complex series of chemical reactions that lead to different products depending on the details of the experiment. There is evidence that four reactive intermediates participate in product-determining reactions. These are the singlet nitrene, the triplet nitrene, the triplet azide, and the ring- expanded dehydroazepine. The chemical and physical properties of each of these ...