title: A search for carbene-solvent interactions using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: [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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 1118 Newman-Wolfrom, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Tippmann
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Platz