화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.101, No.21, 3936-3941, 1997
FTIR and Ab-Initio Studies of Gaseous Nitrosoketene via Pyrolysis of Isonitroso Meldrums Acid
Pyrolysis of isonitroso Meldrum’s acid is probed to generate gaseous nitrosoketene at temperatures above 80 degrees C under vacuum in a static system by FTIR and mass spectroscopies. Previously, cyclic nitrones were synthesized from the isonitroso Meldrum’s acid in refluxing toluene and ketones. This spectroscopic observation gives a support that cycloaddition of nitrosoketene and ketones gives the cyclic nitrones. Further evidence for the production of nitrosoketene is given by the comparison of vibrational frequencies between experimental results and ab initio calculations, At temperatures exceeding 160 degrees C, nitrosoketene undergoes decarbonylation, forming CO.