title: Ultrafast study of the photochemistry of 2-azidonitrobenzene.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Ultrafast time-resolved studies of the photochemistry of 2-azidonitrobenzene demonstrate that the lifetimes of excited singlet 2-azidonitrobenzene and 2-nitrophenylnitrene are 500 fs and 8.3 ps, respectively, in solution at ambient temperature. The singlet nitrene is a discrete intermediate but is too short lived to undergo bimolecular reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 1118 Newman-Wolfrom, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: McCulla
authors.forename: Gotard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burdzinski
authors.forename: Matthew S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Platz