A series of spin-labeled copper porphyrins has been prepared in which nitroxyl radicals are attached toa porphyrin pyrrole ring by propionamide and propionate ester linkages. The solution epr spectra at room temperature indicate that the values of the electron ..spin-electron spin-coipling constant, J , for these compounds are in the range 4 to 18 G, dependingon the solvent and the size of the nitroxyl ring. Below -45°C two isomers with different values of J were observed in the epr spectra of two of the compounds. Variable temperature epr spectra were also analyzed for analogous spin-labeled copper porphyrins which have cis and trans acrylic ester and acrylamide linkages between the porphyrin and the nitroxyl ring.