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EPR characterization of organic free radicals in marine diesel

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The intensive unresolved central line associated with organic free radicals in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of petroleum is interpreted as resulting from the superposition of signals from different radical species with very close g values. The mobility of a free radical in crude oil is relatively low due to the high oil viscosity. Aimed at characterizing free radicals in the oil byproduct, the present study is concerned with the investigation of marine diesel (bunker), a low-viscosity oil. Marine diesel was studied by EPR spectroscopy at X-band (9 GHz) in the temperature range from 170 to 400 K. Despite the viscosity at room temperature (2.5·10−3 kg/m·s) and the tumbling correlation time for free radicals of about 10−7 s suggesting a high mobility of free radicals in marine diesel, the EPR spectra at room temperature did not exhibit resolved lines, but only an envelope with a poor signal-to-noise ratio. The same behavior was observed from 170 to 373 K. Above 373 K, the EPR spectrum exhibited resolved lines: a superposition of a septet-quartet, a sextet-quartet and a quintet-quartet group of lines was identified with the following parameters: g = 2.003 ± 0.001, proton hyperfine couplings A = 6.41 ± 0.03 G (septet) and A′ = 1.82 ± 0.02 G (quartet); g = 2.003 ± 0.001, A = 6.21 ± 0.03 G (sextet) and A′ = 1.64 ± 0.02 G (quartet); g = 2.003 ± 0.001, A = 6.16 ± 0.03 G (quintet) and A′ = 1.83 ± 0.02 G (quartet), which were attributed to phenalenyl radicals and their derivatives. Below 373 K, phenalenyl dimerization prevented its detection by EPR.

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    M. T. Piccinato, C. L. B. Guedes & Eduardo Di Mauro

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Piccinato, M.T., Guedes, C.L.B. & Di Mauro, E. EPR characterization of organic free radicals in marine diesel. Appl Magn Reson 35, 379–388 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-009-0169-1

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