TEMPO

TEMPO

• Background: TEMPO is widely used as a radical trap, as a structural probe for biological systems in conjunction with electron spin resonance spectroscopy, as a reagent in organic synthesis, and as a mediator in controlled free radical polymerization (1).
• Description: Stabilized free radical
• Alternative Name: 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl, 2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy, free radical, (2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-1-piperidinyl)oxidanyl, 1,1,5,5-tetramethylpentamethylene nitroxide, 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl
• CAS Number: 2564-83-2
• UNSPSC: 41116105
• Source: Synthetic
• Purity: >98%
• Weight: 0.5
• Format: Purple Solid
• Solubility: May be dissolved in DMSO (100 mg/ml); or Ethanol (100 mg/ml)
• Molecular Formula: C9H18NO
• Molecular Weight: 156.25
• Precautions: Not for use in humans. Not for use in diagnostics or therapeutics. For in vitro research use only.
• References & Citations: 1.  Montanari F., Quici S., Henry-Riyad H., Tidwell T.T. (2005) Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. John Wiley & Sons.