1H and 14N ENDOR spectra of tert-butylphenylnitroxide

Abstract

1H and 14N ENDOR spectra of tert-butylphenylnitroxide were observed in ethylbenzene solution. The experimental conditions for detecting optimum 1H and 14N ENDOR lines were quite different. The 1H hyperfine coupling constants and their signs are discussed from the viewpoints of molecular orbital calculations, general triple resonance, CRISP (cross relaxation intensity sequence pattern) method, and steric hindrance. In view of the large anisotropic hyperfine interaction between the nitrogen and the unpaired electron, detection of 14N ENDOR in nitroxide radicals is rather difficult, so that a TM110 mode cavity was utilized in this experiment. The observed 14N hyperfine coupling constant 11.86 G at −80 °C is one of the smallest values observed to date for nitroxide radicals.