The lone‐pair orbitals of triaziridine

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Abstract
The PE spectra of four stable bicyclic triaziridines with trifluoromethyl, methyl, phenyl, spirocyclopentane and spirocyclohexane substituents are measured. From a comparison of these experimental data with MNDO calculations the energies and the interactions of the nitrogen lone‐pair orbitals were obtained. The trifluoromethyl group may be reliably simulated by a fluorine atom. The ionization potentials are unexpectedly high and so are the cyclovoltammetric anodic potentials. The MNDO valence electron densities are in agreement with the comparatively small differences in the chemical shifts of the differently substituted nitrogens of the triaziridine rings.