K. Nakatuji et al., 4,4'-(TRIMETHYLENE)BIS(2,6-DI-T-BUTYLPHENOXY) DIRADICAL - AN APPLICATION OF THE SEQUENTIAL REDOX-SOLID STATE PHOTOLYSIS (SRSSP) METHOD, Chemistry Letters, (8), 1998, pp. 845-846
The oxidation of 4,4'-(trimethylene)bis(2,6-di-t-butylphenol) with lea
d dioxide underwent intramolecular cyclization at the 4,4'-positions t
o give a dispiro-compound. Irradiation of the dispiro-compound in a me
thylcyclohexane matrix at -150 degrees C produced 4,4'-(trimethylene)b
is(2,6-di-t-butylpheoxy) diradical which has a stable triplet state.