Synthesis of unsymmetrical N-(2-tert-butylphenyl)-N-(4-tert-butylphenyl)nitroxyl radical, the first stable diarylnitroxyl with vacant para-position

• Published in: Mendeleev communications Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 535 - 537
• Main Authors: Levitskiy, Oleg A., Sentyurin, Vyacheslav V., Bogdanov, Alexey V., Magdesieva, Tatiana V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2016

[Display omitted] The title compound, first example of a stable diarylnitroxyl with vacant para-position, was best synthesized by CuCl-assisted coupling of o-tert-butylnitrosobenzene and p-tert-butylphenylboronic acid followed by N-xidation of the thus obtained unsymmetrical diarylamine. ESR investi...