The scope and limitations of cyanide groups as direction labels for the conformational analysis of matrix-isolated molecules of low symmetry Part 2: 3-Cyanophenyl azide and two conformationally restrained derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S1386-1425(97)83020-X

3-Cyanophenyl azide and derivatives with ortho methyl groups were photolysed with plane-polarized light in N₂ matrices at 12-20 K. The resulting matrices containing the methyl-substituted derivatives had pronounced IR linear dichroism, which wa