S. Kudoh et al., Photoisomerization of acetyl methyl iminoxy radical in low-temperature argon matrices studied by density functional theory, CHEM P LETT, 328(3), 2000, pp. 283-290
Photoisomerization of acetyl methyl iminoxy radical produced from NO2 and 2
-butyne in low-temperature argon matrices has been studied by density funct
ional theory (DFT) calculation. The infrared bands observed upon 585 nm irr
adiation are assigned, using the spectral patterns predicted by DFT, to the
trans-trans, cis-trans, and cis-cis conformers, where the former and latte
r conformations refer to the CO-CN and C=N bond axes, respectively. Conform
ational isomerization around the C=N bond is found to occur upon 515 nm irr
adiation. The isomerization mechanism is discussed with the aid of the DFT
calculation. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.