title: A nonspectroscopic method to determine the photolytic decomposition pathways of 3-chloro-3-alkyldiazirine: carbene, diazo and rearrangement in excited state.
abstract: C(60) acts as a mechanistic probe for the formation of carbene, diazo compound, and for the rearranged product via the excited state in the photolysis of 3-chloro-3-isopropyldiazirine and 3-chloro-3-chloromethyldiazirine. The carbene adds to C(60) to form methanofullerene, whereas the diazo compound adds to C(60) to form fulleroid. The olefin product arises as a result of the rearrangement in the excited state.
authors.affiliation: Contribution from the Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Takatsugu
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authors.lastname: Wakahara
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
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authors.lastname: Niino
authors.forename: Takashi
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authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yutaka
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authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Takeshi
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authors.lastname: Akasaka
authors.forename: Michael T H
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authors.lastname: Liu
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authors.lastname: Kobayashi
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authors.lastname: Nagase