1-Naphthylcarbene: spectroscopy, kinetics, and mechanisms

RL Barcus, LM Hadel, LJ Johnston…

Index: Barcus, R. L.; Hadel, L. M.; Johnston, L. J.; Platz, M. S.; Savino, T. G.; Scaiano, J. C. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1986 , vol. 108, # 14 p. 3928 - 3937

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Abstract: The reactions of 1-naphthylcarbene have been examined by using laser flash photolysis techniques. Generation of the carbene from the diazo precursor in hydrocarbon solvents leads to the formation of 1-naphthylmethyl radicals, which were characterized by their absorption at 363 nm. However, product studies in cyclohexane and cyclohexane-d,, reveal that the main reaction path is carbene insertion into the CH bond rather than H ...