UV-LASER PHOTOCHEMISTRY: NITROGEN EXTRUSION FROM THE AZOALKANE 4,5-DIAZATRICYCLO3,4>DEC-4-ENE. LIFETIME DETERMINATION OF BICYCLOOCTA-2,5-DIYL BY DIOXYGEN TRAPPING.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)82408-9

The triplet lifetime of bicyclo<2.2.2>octa-2,5-diyl (5), generated by sensitized laser photolysis of 4,5-diazatwist-4-ene (6), was determined by dioxygen trapping.Therewith it constitutes the first localized, bicyclic triplet 1,4-diradical that could be t