Structure and reactivity of peroxyl and sulphoxyl radicals from measurement of oxygen-17 hyperfine couplings: relationship with Taft substituent parameters

MD Sevilla, D Becker, M Yan

Index: Sevilla, Michael D.; Becker, David; Yan, Mengyao Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 1990 , vol. 86, # 19 p. 3279 - 3286

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Abstract

A series of peroxyl radicals (ROO˙) with substituent groups of varying electron withdrawing power have been investigated using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Sixteen carbon-based radicals have been produced, identified and reacted with 17O- labelled molecular oxygen to produce the corresponding peroxyl radical. Carbon-centred radical precursors include alkyl, aromatic, halocarbon, lipid and alcohol radicals. The ...