The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1968 · 31 citations · 14 references
Natural SciencesChemistryPhysicsOrganic ChemistrySpectroscopic AnalysisSpectroscopyElectronic SpectroscopyMolecular Orbital TheoryMolecular SpectroscopyOptical SpectroscopyPhotochemical KineticsPhotochemistryAbsorption SpectraElectronic Absorption SpectraMolecular Orbital AnalysisOrganic Radical SpectroscopyPhotochemical ProcessesPhotochemical ProductionPhotodissociation SpectroscopyPhotolysis
The methyleniminyl free radicals, H2CN, HDCN, and D2CN have been produced from flash photolysis of their stable dimers, the methanal azines H2CNNCH2, HDCNNCHD, and D2CNNCD2. The electronic absorption spectra of both radicals and parent substances are presented and discussed in terms of simple molecular orbital descriptions of the transitions. The photochemical processes are related to these transitions, and applications to the corresponding hydrocarbon diene, butadiene-1,3, are noted.
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