Broad-band ultraviolet photolysis (λ > 200 nm) of (cyanomethylene)cyclopropane () in an argon matrix at 20 K generates 1-cyano-2-methylenecyclopropane (), a previously unknown compound. This product was initially identified by comparison of its infrared spectrum to that predicted by an anharmonic MP2/6-311+G(2d,p) calculation. This assignment was unambiguously confirmed by the synthesis of 1-cyano-2-methylenecyclopropane () and observation of its authentic infrared spectrum, which proved identical to that of the observed photoproduct. We investigated the singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces associated with this isomerization process using density functional theory and multireference calculations. The observed rearrangement of compound to compound is computed to be endothermic (3.3 kcal/mol). We were unable to observe the reverse reaction ( → ) under the photochemical conditions.
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