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Light-induced reactions of diazoalkanes, diazirines and related compounds

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The photochemical decomposition of diazoalkanes is an important route to the formation of a reactive species R—C—R which has in the literature been referred to as carbene (1a) and as methylene (1b) (in the case of R = H).

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Schönberg, A. (1968). Light-induced reactions of diazoalkanes, diazirines and related compounds. In: Preparative Organic Photochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87918-0_31

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