William S. Jenks*§
† College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Jiangsu 215123, China
‡ Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
§ Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, United States
J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 2006–2009
Transient carbonyl nitrenes RC(O)N, formed during thermal- or photoinduced decomposition of carbonyl azides RC(O)N3, are highly liable to the Curtius rearrangement, producing isocyanates RNCO in almost quantitative yield. Contrary to common belief, we found a thermally persistent triplet carbonyl nitrene, FC(O)N, that can be produced by flash pyrolysis of FC(O)N3 in 49% yield. The computed CBS-QB3 activation barrier for the thermal decomposition of FC(O)N3 to FC(O)N is 29 kJ mol–1 lower than that for a concerted pathway producing FNCO.
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