Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004-07-21

Photochemistry of diketones: observation of a triplet state-oxygen adduct.

Gonzalo Cosa, Juan C Scaiano

Index: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126(28) , 8636-7, (2004)

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Abstract

The presence of triplet state-oxygen adducts (a species previously proposed but never observed in a direct manner) is readily observed following laser flash photolysis studies of 2,2'-thenil. We report on the kinetic and spectroscopic parameters characteristic of this transient adduct.