title: Generation of oxynitrenes and confirmation of their triplet ground states.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
authors.forename: Walter A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Wasylenko
authors.forename: Naod
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kebede
authors.forename: Brett M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Showalter
authors.forename: Nikita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: Alexander P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Miceli
authors.forename: Yonglin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lev R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Ryzhkov
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hadad
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Toscano