Vibrational Circular Dichroism of a Chiral Triplet Nitrene Investigated Under Matrix‐Isolation Conditions in Parahydrogen

Abstract

VCD spectra of chiral high‐spin organic radicals are expected to show a strong intensity enhancement and are thought to be difficult to predict using state‐of‐the‐art theoretical methods. Herein we show that the chiral triplet nitrene obtained from photochemical cleavage of N2 from enantiopure 2‐azido‐9H‐fluorenol does not feature extraordinarily strong intensities and that the experimental spectra match nicely with calculated ones. Thereby, this study demonstrates the general feasibility of studies on chiral high‐spin organics by MI‐VCD.