2-Quinolylcarbene 23 and 1-isoquinolylcarbene 33 are generated by flash vacuum thermolysis (FVT) of the corresponding triazolo [1, 5-a] quinoline and triazolo [5, 1-a] isoquinoline 19 and 29, as well as 2-(5-tetrazolyl) quinoline and 1-(5-tetrazolyl) isoquinoline 20 and 30, respectively. These carbenes rearrange to 1-and 2-naphthylnitrene 21 and 31, respectively, and the nitrenes are also generated by FVT of 1-and 2-naphthyl azides 18 ...
