IRRADIATION OF 3- SUBSTITUTED-2-PHENYLOXAZIRIDINES (open access)

IRRADIATION OF 3- SUBSTITUTED-2-PHENYLOXAZIRIDINES

It was noted previously that 3-(p-dimethylamino)-2-phenyloxaziridine (I) and 3-(p-dimethylamino)-2-(m-nitrophenyl)oxaziridine were photosensitive. Further study on the irradiation (in a variety of solvents under nitrogen) of (I), 2,3-diphenyloxaziridine (II), and 3-(p-nitrophenyl)-2-phenyloxaziridine (III) indicates the major photoreaction to be cleavage to the aldehyde and an intermediate which forms aniline and azobenzene. There is also formed in the photolysis varying amounts of the corresponding anilide. A table provided gives the yields in three different solvents.
Date: August 30, 1967
Creator: Splitter, Janet S. & Calvin, Melvin.
System: The UNT Digital Library