Photosensitive monolayers. Photochemistry of long-chain diazo and azide compounds at the air-water interface

DA Holden, H Ringsdorf, M Haubs

Index: Holden, David A.; Ringsdorf, Helmut; Haubs, Michael Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1984 , vol. 106, # 16 p. 4531 - 4536

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Abstract

Abstract: The photochemistry of a number of surface-active diazo and azide compounds was investigated in monolayers at the air-water boundary. Irradiation of long-chain a-diazo ketones with ultraviolet light leads to rapid loss of nitrogen. The resulting ketenes react with the subphase to generate carboxylic acids (photochemical Arndt-Eistert reaction) and dimerize to give@-lactones as side products. A long-chain diester of 2-diazopropanedioic ...