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Dehydrophenylnitrenes: quartet versus doublet states.

Holger F Bettinger¹, Wolfram Sander

¹Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany. holger.bettinger@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|August 9, 2003

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This study reveals that the doublet state of 4-dehydrophenylnitrene is the most stable isomer. Computational methods accurately determined the electronic structures and energies of various dehydrophenylnitrene isomers.

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Computational Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Organic Chemistry

Background:

Dehydrophenylnitrenes are reactive intermediates with complex electronic structures.
Understanding their stability and electronic states is crucial for predicting their reactivity.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the geometries and energies of 4-, 3-, and 2-dehydrophenylnitrenes.
To determine the most stable electronic state and isomer among these compounds.

Main Methods:

Utilized complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF), multiconfiguration quasi-degenerate second-order perturbation (MCQDPT), and internally contracted multiconfiguration-reference configuration interaction (MRCI) theories.
Employed a correlation consistent triple-zeta basis set for high-accuracy calculations.

Main Results:

Identified the quartet ground state ((4)A(2)) for 4-dehydrophenylnitrene (3).
Calculated adiabatic excitation energies for various electronic states of 3-dehydrophenylnitrene.
Determined that the doublet state of 4-dehydrophenylnitrene ((2)A'') is the most stable isomer, lying 3.5 kcal mol(-1) below the quartet state of 3.

Conclusions:

The doublet state of 4-dehydrophenylnitrene is the most stable isomer.
Computational methods provide accurate insights into the electronic structure and stability of dehydrophenylnitrenes.
The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of nitrene chemistry.