title: Trimethoxybenzene complexes of pentafluorophenylchlorocarbene.
abstract: Pentafluorophenylchlorocarbene, generated by laser flash photolysis (LFP) of pentafluorophenylchlorodiazirine, formed π-type complexes with 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene in pentane. The carbene and carbene complexes were in equilibrium with K = 3.21 × 10(5) M(-1) at 294 K. From the temperature dependence of K, ΔH° = -10.2 kcal/mol, ΔS° = -9.5 eu, and ΔG° = -7.4 kcal/mol at 298 K. The carbene complexes were characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy and computational analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krogh-Jespersen