TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hirsch, Florian
A1  - Pachner, Kai
A1  - Fischer, Ingo
A1  - Issler, Kevin
A1  - Petersen, Jens
A1  - Mitric, Roland
A1  - Bakels, Sjors
A1  - Rijs, Anouk M.
T1  - Do Xylylenes Isomerize in Pyrolysis?
T2  - ChemPhysChem
N2  - We report infrared spectra of xylylene isomers in the gas phase, using free electron laser (FEL) radiation. All xylylenes were generated by flash pyrolysis. The IR spectra were obtained by monitoring the ion dip signal, using a IR/UV double resonance scheme. A gas phase IR spectrum of para‐xylylene  was recorded, whereas ortho‐ and meta‐xylylene were found to partially rearrange to benzocyclobutene and styrene. Computations of the UV oscillator strength  for all molecules were carried out and provde an explanation for the observation of the isomerization products.
KW  - biradicals
KW  - high-temperature chemistry
KW  - IR spectroscopy
KW  - pyrolysis
KW  - xylylene
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/21831
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-218316
VL  - 21
IS  - 14
SP  - 1515
EP  - 1518
ER  -