J. Aschenbrucker et al., PEROXYESTER DECARBOXYLATION STUDIED BY PICOSECOND TRANSIENT IR SPECTROSCOPY, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 102(29), 1998, pp. 5552-5555
The decarboxylation of tert-butyl-9-methylfluorene-9-percarboxylate is
investigated by picosecond UV pump/IR probe spectroscopy, An intense
308 nm UV pulse of 1 ps duration is used for excitation. The formation
of CO2 is monitored on a picosecond time scale via the absorption of
the asymmetric stretch at 2335 cm(-1). The mode of bond scission, conc
erted or stepwise, is discussed.