Explore: Nitroxides

case of cyclic nitroxides, five-membered ring systems have been shown to cleave more slowly than six-membered rings and acyclic nitroxides with t-butyl

metabolism, and inhibits Fenton chemistry. 4-Hydroxy-TEMPO, along with related nitroxides, are being studied for their potential antioxidant properties. On an industrial-scale

general structure R2N–O•. It is commonly known as a nitroxyl radical or a nitroxide, however IUPAC discourages the use of these terms, as they erroneously

a short-lived intermediate in solution. Its conjugate base, NO−, the nitroxide anion, is the reduced form of nitric oxide (NO) and is isoelectronic with

September 2018. Damiani, E.; Greci, L.; Parsons, R.; Knowland, J. (1999). "Nitroxide radicals protect DNA from damage when illuminated in vitro in the presence

N-oxoammonium species. Nitroxides may also be used in catalytic amounts in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of a terminal oxidant. Nitroxide radical species

which are stabilized by steric and/or resonance effects. For example, the nitroxide radical in (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPO), the most common

Synthesis Chain polymerization Radical polymerization RDRP] ATRP RAFT Nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization Step polymerization Condensation polymerization

structures despite having a formula that suggests it is "made" of two nitroxide units. The following table shows the patterns of ion naming for some common

used as a nitroxide spin label. MTSL is bifunctional, consisting of the nitroxide and the thiosulfonate ester functional groups. The nitroxide label is