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Methyl radicals, CH\(_{3}\), were trapped in matrices of solid CO\(_{2}\) and N\(_{2}\)O by condensing the methyl along with the matrix constituents from the gas phase. The obtained EPR spectra were analyzed using EasySpin and/ or SimFonia simulation software and ab-initio computed quantum-chemistry parameters. We focus on two distinguished features of the spectra: the temperature-dependent linewidth anisotropy and the origin of the weak satellite doublets. The low-temperature spectral analysis of the satellites was based on the coupled representation of the three proton spins of CH\(_{3}\) and a recently obtained parameterization of the spin Hamiltonian based on one nuclear quartet and two doublets within the D\(_{3}\) group. These features were closely correlated to the state of rotation of the trapped radical.
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The reported study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), research Project No. 13-02-00373a.
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Dmitriev, Y.A., Melnikov, V.D., Zelenetckii, I.A. et al. Rotational States of Methyl Radical Monitored by EPR Line Shape of Matrix-Isolated CH\(_{3}\) in CO\(_{2}\) and N\(_{2}\)O Solids. J Low Temp Phys 185, 633–640 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-015-1422-7
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