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. 2014 Feb 26;79(6):2341–2353. doi: 10.1021/jo500044d

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Intersystem crossing rate of a closed-shell singlet carbene is retarded by (top) solute–solvent interactions producing a Franck–Condon-like factor or (bottom) surmounting of an energy barrier to achieve desolvation to release “free” singlet carbene prior to ISC (see ref (32)).