PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF BIACETYL ISOLATED IN INERT GAS MATRICES
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1999
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Ohio State University
Abstract
We report the results of ultraviolet photolysis of biacetyl $((CH_{3}CO)_{2})$ trapped in solid nitrogen, oxygen, argon, krypton, and xenon. The photoproducts were characterized via infrared spectroscopy. Irradiation at 405 nm results in the production of $CO, CH_{3}CO,$ and $CH_{3}$, which are the gas phase photoproducts at this $wavelength^{a}$. The acetyl produced under these conditions exhibits a carbonyl stretching frequency between 1802 and $1810 cm^{-1}$ which is shifted from that previously observed in matrices.
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$^{a}$ G.F. Sheats, W.A. Noyes, Jr., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 77, 1421 (1955).
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton
Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton