Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1988, 53, 2128-2139
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19882128

Theoretical investigation of a possible new class of stable aminyl radicals

Georges Leroy, Michel Sana and Claude Wilante

Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Abstract

We show in this paper that nitrogen-centred radicals carrying two electron-donor substituents constitute a possible new class of stable aminyl radicals. An interpretation of this original result is given by using a general definition of the thermodynamic stabilization energy.