Direct Observation of an Imidoylnitrene: Photochemical Formation of PhC(=NMe)?N and Me?N from 1-Methyl-5-phenyltetrazole
The imidoylnitrene 8, N-methyl-C-phenylimidoylnitrene, has been generated by laser photolysis of 1-methyl-5-phenyltetrazole 6 at 5 K and characterized by its ESR spectrum (|D/hc|=0.9602, |E/hc|=0.0144 cm?1). In addition, the triplet excited sta