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Molecular structure of the nitrile ylide derived from 3-phenyl-2H-azirine in a nitrogen matrix

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100281a018· OSTI ID:7032752

Nitrile ylides derived from 3-phenyl-2H-azirine and five of its isotope-labeled counterparts were generated photochemically in 12 K nitrogen matrices and examined by FTIR. A prominent 1926-cm/sup -1/ feature in the unlabeled ylide's spectrum undergoes a 66-cm/sup -1/ shift with /sup 15/N substitution, and this effect is interpreted as being consistent only with the asymmetric stretching fundamental of a linear /sup -/C=/sup +/N=C skeleton. The spectra of the /sup 13/C- and D-labeled nitrile ylides corroborate this conclusion and clarify spectral regions where Fermi multiplets and overlapping absorptions complicate the interpretation. The allene-like nitrile ylide C/sub s/ geometry is retained over the temperature range 12-82 K, which suggests that this geometry is also adopted in solution where ylides have been implicated as 1,3-dipolar reactive intermediates from the photolysis of 2H-azirines.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA
OSTI ID:
7032752
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 90:23; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English