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A new phenyl α-nitronyl nitroxide bearing a hydroxyl group at position 2 of the aromatic ring and a chiral methyl lactate substituent at position 5 has been synthesized with the aim of combining the magnetic properties of this kind of radical with the optical properties endowed by the chiral group. The optically active compound forms intramolecular hydrogen bonds between the OH group and one of the NO groups and shows a large torsion angle between the two rings when compared with similar radicals with no substituent in this position. Therefore, the optical properties are distinct. The optical and magnetic properties of the new radical in both solution and solid state are presented.
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Received June 23, 2000. Accepted (revised) September 18, 2000
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Minguet, M., Amabilino, D., Wurst, K. et al. A Phenyl α-Nitronyl Nitroxide with a Forced Chiral Conformation. Monatshefte fuer Chemie 132, 71–82 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007060170146
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007060170146