Phenylethanol derivatives as triplet sensitizers for 1‐azidoadamantane

• DOI: 10.1002/poc.1922
• Publication Date: 2011-08-24T15:41:42Z
• Authors: Ranaweera R. A. U...; Sridhar Rajam; Anna D. Gudmundsd...
• Keywords: Flash photolysis; Nitrene

Laser flash photolysis, phosphorescence and density functional calculations were used to characterize the triplet excited states of phenylethanol derivatives 1, 2, 3 4. In acetonitrile, these alcohols formed with rate constants on order ~10 7 s –1 decayed between 10 5 6 . The energies 80 83 kcal/mol. Furthermore, can be as a sensitizer for alkyl azides form nitrene intermediates. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.