title: On the actual EPR detection of thioacyl radicals.
abstract: The direct EPR detection of thioacyl radicals has been reported only once, while thioacyl nitroxides remain an elusive species. We failed to detect the thioacyl radicals from two thioaldehydes and from phosphoryldithioformates but have obtained EPR evidence that thioacyl radicals react with 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane to give thiocarbonyloxyaminyls rather than thioacyl nitroxides. The results of DFT calculations support this unexpected reactivity of thioacyls, while making questionable their previous EPR identification.
authors.affiliation: ISOF-CNR, Area della Ricerca di Bologna, Via P. Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy. aalberti@isof.cnr.it
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benaglia
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulea
authors.forename: Dante
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macciantelli
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masson