文摘
New sulfoximine- and phenanthrene-based photochemical precursors to oxynitrenes have beendeveloped. These precursors have been used to examine the chemistry and spectroscopy of oxynitrenes.The first EPR spectra of oxynitrenes are reported and are consistent with their triplet ground states. Additionalsupport for the triplet ground state of oxynitrenes is provided by trapping and reactivity studies, nanosecondtime-resolved IR investigations, and computational studies.