THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSIENT FREE-RADICALS IN SOLUTION

The various Electron Spin Resonance methods that have been used for st udying transient free radicals are described, and their limitations an d advantages discussed. Continuous wave and Fourier Transform time-res olved methods are compared and shown to be complementary in studies of radicals produced using flash photolysis. The role of Chemically Indu ced Dynamic Electron Polarization (CIDEP) in determining reaction path ways and in linking the photochemistry and photophysics of molecules i s described as is the role played by Reaction Yield Detected Magnetic Resonance (RYDMR) and magnetic field effect (MFE or MARY) studies in u nderstanding the reactions of radicals.