A Singlet Thiophosphoryl Nitrene and Its Interconversion with Thiazyl and Thionitroso Isomers

J Am Chem Soc. 2015 Sep 2;137(34):10942-5. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b07302. Epub 2015 Aug 19.

Abstract

Thiophosphoryl nitrenes, R2P(S)N, are thiazirine-like intermediates that have been chemically inferred from trapping products in early solution studies. In this work, photolysis of the simplest thiophosphoryl azide, F2P(S)N3, in solid noble-gas matrices enabled a first-time spectroscopic (IR and UV-vis) identification of the thiophosphoryl nitrene F2P(S)N in its singlet ground state. Upon visible-light irradiation (≥495 nm), it converts into the thionitroso isomer F2P-N═S, which can also be produced in the gas phase from flash vacuum pyrolysis of F2P(S)N3. Further irradiation of F2P-NS with 365 nm UV light leads to the reformation of F2P(S)N and isomerization to the thiazyl species F2P-S≡N.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Nitroso Compounds / chemistry*
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds / chemistry*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Thiazoles / chemistry*

Substances

  • Nitroso Compounds
  • Organothiophosphorus Compounds
  • Thiazoles