title: EPR probes with well-defined, long distances between two or three unpaired electrons
abstract: The synthesis of rod- and star-shaped compounds carrying two or three spin labels as end groups is described. The unpaired electrons are 2.8-5.1 nm apart from each other. The shape-persistent scaffolds were obtained through Pd-Cu-catalyzed alkynyl-aryl coupling and Pd-Cu-catalyzed alkyne dimerization in the presence of oxygen using p-phenyleneethynylene as the basic shape-persistent building block. The spin label 1-oxyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrroline-3-carboxylic acid (4) was attached through esterification of the terminal phenolic OH groups of the scaffold.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut fur Polymerforschung, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany.
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Godt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franzen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Veit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Enkelmann
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pannier
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jeschke