A search for carbene-solvent interactions using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy.
[reaction: see text] The time-resolved infrared (TRIR) spectra of chlorophenylcarbene (CPC) and fluorophenylcarbene (FPC) were recorded in heptane at ambient temperature. The C[bond]C and C[bond]F vibrational frequencies involving the carbene carbon were obtained in heptane, benzene, and acetonitrile and in heptane containing 0.1M tetrahydrofuran or benzene. It is concluded that carbene-solvent interactions of CPC and FPC are quite weak.
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Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 1118 Newman-Wolfrom, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
Tippmann
Eric M
EM
Platz
Matthew S
MS