THE LIFETIME AND REACTIVITY OF SINGLET TETRACHLOROPYRIDYL-4-NITRENE

Authors

  • С. В. Чапышев Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Region
  • Р. Боно Laboratoire de Chimie Physique UMR 5803 du CNRR at the University of Bordeaux I, Bordeaux, 33405

Keywords:

azidopyridines, pyridylnitrenes, pyridinium ylides, laser-flash photolysis

Abstract

The principal direction in the photolytic decomposition of 4-azidotetrachloropyridine in methylene chloride solution involves the intermediate formation of singlet tetrachloropyridyl-4-nitrene, the lifetime of which amounts to 50 nsec. The nitrene reacts readily with the pyridine (kpyr = 2.67·107 mole‑1·sec-1) with the formation of the corresponding pyridinium ylide, which has a characteristic absorption band in the UV spectrum with a maximum at 406 nm.

How to Cite
Chapyshev, S. V.; Bonneau, R. Chem. Heterocycl. Compd. 2001, 37, 1203. [Khim. Geterotsikl. Soedin. 2001, 1319.]

For this article in the English edition, see DOI https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013837224576

Published

2001-10-25

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Section

Original Papers