ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES AND THERMOLYSES OF CYCLIC 2-TETRAZENES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-2860(98)80114-2

The electronic structures of 2-tetrazenes 1-4 have been studied by UV photoelectron spectroscopy and MNDO calculations.Gas-phase thermolyses of these compounds were investigated by variable temperature PES.We found that the relative stabilities of cyclic 2-tetrazenes strongly depend on ring-size.The total bond order of the N=N bonds can be correlated with the energy differences of the respective first and second ionization potential.