Nobuyuki Akai, S. Kudoh, M. Takayanagi
Dec 13, 2001
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Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-chemistry
Abstract
Abstract Photoreaction mechanisms of 2-chlorophenol, 2,3-dichlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,5-dichlorophenol, 2,6-dichlorophenol and 2,4,5-trichlorophenol in low-temperature argon matrices are investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The observed infrared bands of photoproducts are assigned with an aid of density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations, where the 6-31++G ∗∗ basis set is used to optimize geometrical structures. It is concluded that five-member-ring ketene, cyclopentadienylidenemethanone (CPYM), is produced through keto carbene, 2-oxocyclohexa-3,5-dienylidene, by dissociation of hydrogen chloride. The geometries of HCl–CPYM complexes in a matrix cage are derived from the vibrational shifts of the hydrogen chloride.