An unusual photoproduct of o-azidophenyl with tetracyanoethylene; trapped 2-azacycloheptatrienylidene
Abstract
A pohotoproduct of o-azidobiphenyl in acetonitrile in the presence of tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), analysed by X-ray crystallography and high-resolution n.m.r. spectroscopy, was shown to have the spiro structure corresponding to the nucleophilic addition of 2-azacyclohepta-2,4,6-trienylidene to TCNE.