Low-temperature EPR study of the reaction of the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl radical with molecular oxygen. Direct spectroscopic observation of an aminylperoxyl radical

Abstract

Gamma irradiation of a frozen solution of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine in freon-113 at 77 K generates in the first step the piperidine radical cation 1˙⁺ which deprotonates during annealing at 104 K under formation of the piperidyl radical 1˙. After admission of oxygen at 113 K, the piperidylperoxyl radical 2˙ appears, which is characterized by its EPR powder spectrum (fully anisotropic g-tensor with g₁ = 2.0258, g₂ = 2.0066 and g₃ = 2.0022 at 103 K). Upon warming, 2˙ converts nearly quantitatively to the aminoxyl radical 3˙.

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