A laser flash photolysis study of 2-Naphthyl (carbomethoxy) carbene

JL Wang, I Likhotvorik, MS Platz

Index: Jones, Michelle B.; Jackson, James E.; Soundararajan, N.; Platz, Matthew S. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1988 , vol. 110, # 16 p. 5597

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Abstract

Photolysis of methyl 2-diazo (2-naphthyl) acetate releases singlet 2-naphthyl (carbomethoxy) carbene. The singlet carbene relaxes to the lower energy triplet state within 350 ps-1 ns. Singlet to triplet carbene intersystem crossing is much faster than Wolff