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The preparation of a number of 3-aryl-3H-diazirines is reported. On irradiation, these materials undergo both photolytic fragmentation to the arylcarbene and photoisomerisation to the linear diazo-compound which is then itself photolysed. The existence of a second intermediate is also apparent from the spectral changes observed.
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