RT Journal Article
T1 Conical Intersections and Intersystem Crossings Explain Product Formation in Photochemical Reactions of Aryl Azides
A1 Soto-Martín, Juan
A1 Otero-Fernández-de-Molina, Juan Carlos
A1 Ávila-Ferrer, Francisco José
A1 Peláez, Daniel
K1 Azidas
AB Photochemistry of 3- and 4-methoxyphenyl azide at 266 nm has been studied by means of the complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) and multi-configurational second-order perturbation (MS-CASPT2) methods. Minima and interstate crossing points have been optimized with the CASSCF method. The calculations predict that the key step of the photolysis of both azides is a non-radiative process. However, an important difference is found when we compare the reactivity of both isomers of azide, deactivation of 3-methoxyphenyl azide (1) can occur via two reaction channels (internal conversion or intersystem crossing), which lead to formation of the dimer of 2H-azepine derivative (2a) and 3,3'-dimethoxyazobenzene (2b). In contrast, deactivation of 4-methoxyphenyl azide (3) takes place via a singlet to triplet intersystem crossing, which leads to formation of  4,4'-dimethoxyazobenzene (4). After initial deactivation, both isomers follow a cascade of surface crossings until to reach the final nitrenes, respectively. The reference active space for the two azides is 14 electrons in 13 orbitals and comprises the six -type orbitals of the aromatic ring plus four -(N-N2) and five -type orbitals of the -N3 moiety.
YR 2019
FD 2019-01-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37391
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37391
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Project: CTQ2015-65816-R)
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 12 abr 2026