Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Pages: 2014-2018

Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volume number: 124

Issue number: 10

ISSN: 1089-5639

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11795

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Abstract: 
The initial oxidation product of dimethyl sulfide in the marine boundary layer, the methyl thiomethyl radical, has remained elusive. A structurally analogous biradical with one radical center in the alpha-position to a sulfur atom could now be obtained by UV irradiation of p-nitrobenzaldehyde dithiane isolated in solid dinitrogen (N-2) or Ar at cryogenic temperatures. A spin-forbidden reaction with triplet dioxygen (O-3(2)) does not occur. The dithiane of o-nitrobenzaldehyde rather undergoes a series of rearrangements under the same conditions, resulting in overall photodeprotection.

Harvard Citation style: Gerbig, D., Bernhardt, B., Wende, R. and Schreiner, P. (2020) Capture and Reactivity of an Elusive Carbon-Sulfur Centered Biradical, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124(10), pp. 2014-2018. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11795

APA Citation style: Gerbig, D., Bernhardt, B., Wende, R., & Schreiner, P. (2020). Capture and Reactivity of an Elusive Carbon-Sulfur Centered Biradical. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(10), 2014-2018. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11795