Detection of new neutral radicals: 2-Phenyl- and 2-p-methoxyphenyl-3-oxophenalenoxyl radicals

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)02287-2

New neutral radicals, 2-phenyl and 2-p-methoxyphenyl derivatives of 3-oxophenalenoxyl radical, were detected by ESR measurement. The radicals were generated by thermal decomposition of the dimers of the corresponding radicals and by oxidation of 2-phenyl-3-hydroxyphenalenone.