Dc. Oniciu et al., FACTORS AFFECTING STABILITY AND EQUILIBRIA OF FREE-RADICALS .21. CAPTODATIVE DIARYLAMINYL RADICALS WITH A 2,4,6-TRIMETHYLPHENYL GROUP, Revue Roumaine de Chimie, 39(5), 1994, pp. 527-534
New syntheses of sterically hindered diarylamines are described ; diar
ylaminyl free radicals are formed by oxidation of the parent amines. E
lectron acceptor properties of nitro, carbomethoxy and methanesulphony
l groups for stabilizing diarylaminyls are discussed. By comparing the
life-times of the free radicals and the hyperfine coupling constants
in ESR spectra, the mesityl group has been shown to be less stabilizin
g than a 3,5-di-t-butylphenyl group.