6.0 Introduction



Chapter Concepts:

Propertiesa-value; coupling constant; g-factor; hyperfine coupling constant; paramagnetism; spectroscopic splitting factor; spin Hamiltonian parameter; splitting parameter;
KeywordsEPR; ESR; Magnetic Properties of Free Radicals; Organic N-Centered Radicals and Nitroxide Radicals; introduction;
Substratesfree radical; free radicals;

References:

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2Piloty, D., Schwerin, B.G. (1901) Ber. 34: 1870
3Wieland, H., Roseeu, A. (1912) Ber. 45: 494
4Hamilton, C.L., McConnell, H.M. (1968)In: Rich, A., Davidson, N.  eds. , Structural Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Freeman and Co., San Francisco, pp 115
5Perkins, M.J., in “Essays on Free Radical Chemistry”, Chem. Soc. Spec. Publications, No. 24, editor Norman, R.O.C., 1970, p. 97.