Oxiranylmethyl radicals: EPR detection by spin trapping

Abstract

The EPR detection of oxiranylmethyl radicals, formed via a 3-exo-trig process from the corresponding allyloxyl radical, is performed with Bu^tONO as a spin trap.

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