作者:Atnaf Admasu、Matthew S. Platz、Andrzej Marjcinek、Jacek Michalak、Anna D�ra Gudmundsd�ttir、Jerzy Gebicki
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1099-1395(199704)10:4<207::aid-poc883>3.0.co;2-8
日期:1997.4
Laser flash photolysis (LFP, XeCl, 308 nm, 20 ns) of phenyldiazomethane (PDM), o-tolydiazomethane (TDM) and mesitydiazomethane (MDM) produces phenylcarbene (PC), o-tolycarbene (TC) and mesitylcarbene (MSG), respectively, Transient spectra of PC and TC could not be detected in pentane at ambient temperature; however, these carbenes could be trapped with pyridine to form UV-Vis-active ylides, The rate of formation of these ylides was resolved in CF2ClCFCl2 (Freon-113) and yields, after analysis, values of k(pyr) and tau, where k(pyr) is the absolute rate constant of the reaction of the spin equilibrated carbene with pyridine and tau is the carbene lifetime in Freon-113 in the absence of pyridine, LFP of MDM produces the transient spectra of both triplet MSG and 3,5-dimethyl-1,2-benzoquinodimethane (3,5-BQM), The lifetime of (MSC)-M-3 in pentane is ca 500 ns. (MSC)-M-3 reacts with pyridine with an apparent rate constant of k(pyr) = 1.35 x 10(7) M-1 s(-1). The decay of (MSC)-M-3 in 3 variety of solvents does not lead to increased absorption of 3,5-BQM in solution, nor does the presence of a carbene scavenger (methanol) lead to a reduction in yield of 3,5-dimethyl-1,2-benzoquinodimethane upon LFP of precursor, Thus, the decay of (MSC)-M-3 in solution does not lead to the formation of quinodimethane. This species (3,5-BQM) is formed, instead, by a hydrogen atom transfer in the excited state of the precursor, Product analysis reveals that the excited state rearrangement which forms xylylene is a minor process, Photolysis of MDM in a nitrogen matrix at 10 K leads to the UV-Vis spectra of matrix isolated triplet mesitylcarbene and 3,5-BQM. The carbene rearranges slowly to 3,5-BQM in the cryogenic matrix, in contrast to its behavior in solution. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.