Inversion of the ground-state spin multiplicity by electron-withdrawing groups in trimethylenemethane derivatives generated photochemically from …

…, T Kumagai, T Miyashi, K Akiyama…

Index: Hirano, Takashi; Kumagai, Tsutomu; Miyashi, Tsutomu; Akiyama, Kimio; Ikegami, Yusaku Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 57, # 3 p. 876 - 882

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Abstract

An inversion of the ground-state spin multiplicity of trimethylenemethane (TMM) by electron- withdrawing groups was investigated by EPR spectroscopy, for a series of TMMs 2b-g generated photochemically from methylenequadricyclanes lb-g. Curie law analyses between 4 and 50 K proved the triplet ground states of the monophenyl derivative 2b and the monocyano derivatives 2c-d as well as that of the diphenyl derivative 2a. The ...