Spin trapping

Spin trapping

Spin trapping is an analytical technique employed in the detection and identification of short-lived free radicals. Spin trapping involves the addition of radical to a nitrone spin trap resulting in the formation of a spin adduct, a nitroxide-based persistent radical, that can be detected using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The spin adduct usually yields a distinctive EPR spectrum characteristic of a particular free radical that is trapped. The identity of the radical can be inferred based from the EPR spectral profile of their respective spin adducts such as the "g" value, but most importantly, the hyperfine-coupling constants of relevant nuclei.

The most commonly used spin traps are alpha-phenyl N-tertiary-butyl nitrone (PBN) and 5,5-dimethyl-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO).

The use of radical-addition reactions to detect short-lived radicals was first proposed by E. G. Janzen in 1965.


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