Synthesis of several novel optically active nitroxyl radicals

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(96)01800-X

Optically active nitroxyl radicals are prepared from enantiomerically pure bicyclic tempenoids. (-)-Camphoxyl radical (-)-4 derived from commercially available oxazolidinone (-)-1 and (+)-camphoxyl radical (+)-4 derived from (-)-camphene are readily prepared, conformationally rigid, enantiomeric nitroxyl radicals. (-)-Camphorsulphonic acid is used to prepare two additional optically active nitroxyl radicals 9 and 12.