ON THE ESR IDENTIFICATION OF PARAMAGNETIC SPECIES OBSERVED DURING SET OXIDATION OF N,N-DIMETHYL-p-ANISIDINE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)87908-3

During SET oxidation of the title compound, N,N,N'-trimethyl-N'-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,4-phenylendiamine radical cation <3a(1+)> was detected by e.s.r.; this derives from an oxidatively activated nucleophilic substitution on N,N-dimethyl-p-anisidine.Revised e.s.r. parameters for N,N-dimethyl-p-anisidinium radical are also reported.