Generation of oxynitrenes and confirmation of their triplet ground states.
New sulfoximine- and phenanthrene-based photochemical precursors to oxynitrenes have been developed. These precursors have been used to examine the chemistry and spectroscopy of oxynitrenes. The first EPR spectra of oxynitrenes are reported and are consistent with their triplet ground states. Additional support for the triplet ground state of oxynitrenes is provided by trapping and reactivity studies, nanosecond time-resolved IR investigations, and computational studies.
Wasylenko
Walter A
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Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Kebede
Naod
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Showalter
Brett M
BM
Matsunaga
Nikita
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Miceli
Alexander P
AP
Liu
Yonglin
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Ryzhkov
Lev R
LR
Hadad
Christopher M
CM
Toscano
John P
JP