The nitrone-based free radical traps have significant potential in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases as well as in the prolongation of life span. The mass action free radical trapping activity of these compounds is the property, which first brought them to the attention of the scientific community. Nevertheless extensive research has demonstrated that these reactions are not responsib...

A synthetic strategy employing nitrones as radical spin traps is presented on the example of the efficient generation of novel dendrimers via a combination of radical and classical 'click' chemistry.

The [3 + 2] cycloaddition (32CA) reaction between nitrones and ketenes has been studied within the Molecular Electron Density Theory (MEDT) at the Density Functional Theory (DFT) MPWB1K/6-311G(d,p) computational level. Analysis of the conceptual DFT reactivity indices allows the explanation of the reactivity, and the chemo- and regioselectivity experimentally observed. The particular mechanism ...

In this work, a series of α-phenyl-N-tert-butyl nitrones bearing one, two, or three substituents on the tert-butyl group was synthesized. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was used to investigate their electrochemical properties and showed a more pronounced substituent effect for oxidation than for reduction. Rate constants of superoxide radical (O2(•-)) reactions with nitrones were determined using a UV...

The ZnBr2 complex of the title compound has been studied by both structural and theoretical methods. Similar reactivities have been observed for the nitrone alone and the complex in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions and nucleophilic additions.

Nitrones are demonstrated to efficiently mediate radical coupling reactions on the example of the conjugation of ATRP-made polymers, yielding macromolecules with distinct functional alkoxyamine centres in mid-chain locations of the chains.

Strain-promoted cycloadditions of nitrones with cyclooctynes (k(2) = 1.5 M(-1) s(-1) at 25 degrees C) are up to 25 times more rapid than comparable reactions of azides.

The IPrAuNTf2/HNTf2 co-catalyzed cyclization of N-(2-perfluoroalkyl-3-alkynyl) hydroxylamines produces pyrroles in moderate to excellent yield, whereas the AgOTf-catalyzed reaction affords cyclic nitrones in high yields.