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NITRENES, molecular fragments with an electron sextet on nitrogen, are known to be the primary products of the decomposition of organic azides1–3. Their existence as separate intermediates and their triplet character were recently demonstrated by electron spin resonance spectroscopy4. We have investigated the photolysis of several aromatic azides and diazides in organic glasses at 77° K in an attempt to trap the nitrenes presumably formed. Three types of behaviour were observed.
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REISER, A., FRAZER, V. Ultra-violet Absorption Spectra of Aromatic Nitrenes and Dinitrenes. Nature 208, 682–683 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208682a0
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