An efficient approach to obtain trityl radicals that are highly stable to the presence of superoxide
O. YU. ROGOZHNIKOVA1, D. V. TRUKHIN1, A. E. RAIZVIKH1,2, S. S. OVCHERENKO1, E. G. BAGRYANSKAYA1, V. M. TORMYSHEV1
1Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia 2Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: triarylmethyl radicals, electron paramagnetic resonance, quinone methides, superoxide, thiols
Abstract
Structural modification of the Finland-type trityl core by replacing carboxyl groups by alkoxymethyl substituents (CH2OCH2CO2H) resulted in new triarylmethyl radicals, which showed extremely high stability in the presence of superoxide.
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