TEMPO reacts with oxygen-centered radicals under acidic conditions.
In the presence of organic acids in organic media, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (TEMPO) reacts with peroxyl radicals at nearly diffusion-controlled rates by proton-coupled electron transfer from the protonated nitroxide.
Amorati
Riccardo
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Department of Organic Chemistry A. Mangini, University of Bologna, Via San Giacomo 11, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Pedulli
Gian Franco
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Pratt
Derek A
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Valgimigli
Luca
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