Steady-State and Laser Photolysis Studies of Substituted 2H-Azirines. Spectroscopy, Absolute Rates, and Arrhenius Behavior for the Reaction of Nitrile Ylides with Electron Deficient Olefins

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00191a025

The photobehavior of 2,2-diphenyl-3-methyl-2H-azirine (15) and 2-methyl-2,3-diphenyl-2H-azirine (14) was investigated in solution at 298 K.Both azirines undergo ready ring opening on exposure to UV light to give nitrile ylides which can be trapped with me