Tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy free radical

The Ir11 dimer [Ir(oep)]2 (oep = octaethylporphyrin) has been prepared in low yield by photolysis of (oep)IrCH3 in C6D6.473 This preparation has been improved by Chan et al.474, as shown in Reaction Scheme 24, where TEMPO = 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy, free radical. The dimer undergoes several organometallic reactions, including oxidative addition of alkyl C 11 bonds and alkene insertions.475... 

Finally, the use of stable free radical polymerization techniques in supercritical C02 represents an exciting new topic of research. Work in this area by Odell and Hamer involves the use of reversibly terminating stable free radicals generated by systems such as benzoyl peroxide or AIBN and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy free radical (TEMPO) [94], In these experiments, styrene was polymerized at a temperature of 125 °C and a pressure of 240-275 bar C02. When the concentration of monomer was low (10% by volume) the low conversion of PS which was produced had a Mn of about 3000 g/mol and a narrow MWD (PDI < 1.3). NMR analysis showed that the precipitated PS chains are primarily TEMPO capped, and the polymer could be isolated and then subsequently extended by the addition of more styrene under an inert argon blanket. The authors also demonstrated that the chains could be extended... 

Dimerization of 4-monosubstituted-5(4//)-oxazolones 792 has been reported to occur in the presence of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy, free radical (TEMPO) to give the corresponding 4,4 -bis(oxazolones) 793 (Scheme 7.242). 

Chemicals AIBN CAN DIBAL DMAP DMSO HMPA LAH LDA mCPBA NBS NCS or PCC PDC Py TBAF TEMPO a.a -azobislisobutyronitrile) cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate diisobutylaluminium hydride 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine dimethyl sulfoxide hexamethylphosphoramide lithium aluminum hydride lithium diisopropylamide m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid A-bromosuccinimide A-chlorosuccinimide superoxide anion radical pyridinium chlorochromate pyridinium dichromate pyridine tetrabutylammonium fluoride 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy free radical... 

HALS was based on the discovery that the 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy, free radical (TEMPO) (1)), which already was known as an effective radical scavenger [46,47], was a very effective UV stabilizer too [48,49]. However, due to its physical and chemical properties TEMPO itself did not led to practical use. TEMPO is colored and will impart color to the to be stabilized polymer, it is thermally unstable and volatile [49]. Furthermore, it reacts with phenolic antioxidants present in many polymers leading to a reduction of processing and/or long-term heat stability. The discovery that compounds in which the /V-oxyl functionality was replaced by a N—H functionality also showed good UV stabilization activity was the key finding that led to the development of HALS stabilizers [49]. 

The data discussed earher concerned the lateral mobility in the hquid region of the Langmuir films spanning a range of MM As of ca. 50-100 A /molecule. Our inability to probe surfactants mobilities at lower surface concentration was related to the liquid/gas (L/G) phase transition, as discussed in Sect. I.5.3.2.2. A far more complete picture regarding surfactants lateral mobility was obtained for the 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy free radical (Tempo) derivatives, which are supercritical fluids at room temperature and thus do not undergo a L/G phase transition [49, 64,65]. (See the structure of G le Tempo.)... 

The initial, and still most commonly used, method for control surface wetting is the grafting of random copolymers of hydroxyl-terminated PS-r-PMMA to the native silicon oxide surface layer present on silicon wafers. This approach makes use of a hydroxyl-functionalized 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy free radical (TEMPO) initiator, which is then... 

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