Photochemistry of Matrix-Isolated (α-Diazobenzyl)phosphonate. Observation and Reactions of Phosphonylphenylcarbene, Phosphonyl Phenyl Ketone Oxide, and Phenylphosphonyldioxirane

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00049a032

Photolysis of dimethyl α-diazobenzylphosphonate (1) in an Ar matrix at 10 K resulted in the appearance of new absorption bands at 1268, 788, and 536 cm^-1, attributable to the carbene 2.The assignment was based on the observation that the new ab