Photolysis of diazotetracyanocyclopentadiene has been investigated by means of IR and UV-vis spec troscopy in Ar matrix. Parent carbene is produced in low yield and could be detected by UV-vis spectroscopy and IR spectroscopy. The carbene produced from the diazo compound is very photolabile and also decay thermally at temperature as low as 10K. When the diazo compound is photolyzed the Arrhenius plots show a tunneling effect that is not shown as non linearity.