The reaction of diphenylmethylene with isopropyl alcohol and oxygen: the question of reversibility of singlet–triplet interconversion of carbenes
Abstract
The dependence on added isopropyl alcohol concentration of the proportions of products formed by thermal decomposition of the diphenyldiazomethane in acetonitrile is consistent with reversible interconversion of the singlet and triplet states of the intermediate diphenylmethylene.