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:

  Stable Nitroxyl Radical

• Product Name Alternative:

  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

• UNSPSC:

  41116105

• Type:

  Inhibitor

• Source:

  Synthetic

• Field of Research:

  Cancer | Oxidative Stress

• 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.

• CAS Number:

  2564-83-2