title: Alpha-2,6-difluorophenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone: a spin trap for distinguishing different types of alkyl radicals based on long-range fluorine hyperfine splitting.
abstract: alpha-2,6-Difluorophenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (F2PBN) was synthesized and evaluated. A number of alkyl adducts of F2PBN were studied by ESR/ENDOR. An additional hyperfine splitting (a triplet of doublets of doublets) is reported. The existence of two (one large, one small) F-hfsc's from the ortho-fluorine atoms in the phenyl ring of most alkyl adducts was confirmed by ENDOR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Janzen
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005609:Free Radicals; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013113:Spin Labels / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D013113:Spin Labels; C065174:2,6-difluorophenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone