A free-radical reaction is any chemical reaction involving free radicals. This reaction type is abundant in organic reactions. Two pioneering studies...

In chemistry, a radical, also known as a free radical, is an atom, molecule, or ion that has at least one unpaired valence electron. With some exceptions...

In organic chemistry, free-radical addition is an addition reaction which involves free radicals. Radical additions are known for a variety of unsaturated...

chemistry, a radical-substitution reaction is a substitution reaction involving free radicals as a reactive intermediate. The reaction always involves...

In organic chemistry, free-radical halogenation is a type of halogenation. This chemical reaction is typical of alkanes and alkyl-substituted aromatics...

nature of free-radical chemical interactions makes this one of the most versatile forms of polymerization available and allows facile reactions of polymeric...

Weiss in 1932. This reaction has long been studied and revived in different contexts, including organic chemistry, free radicals, radiochemistry, and...

with water (H+ + OH−) as a byproduct. The free radicals generated by this process engage in secondary reactions. For example, the hydroxyl is a powerful...

utility of the Barton Reaction. The Barton reaction involves a homolytic RO–NO cleavage, followed by δ-hydrogen abstraction, free radical recombination, and...

The free radical theory of aging states that organisms age because cells accumulate free radical damage over time. A free radical is any atom or molecule...

PMID 30034765. Toraya, Tetsuo (2003). "Radical Catalysis in Coenzyme B12-Dependent Isomerization (Eliminating) Reactions". Chemical Reviews. 103 (6): 2095–2128...

elimination reaction of free radicals is the mechanism by which free radicals can undergo an elimination reaction to form olefins. Such reactions are usually...

The Hunsdiecker reaction (also called the Borodin reaction or the Hunsdiecker–Borodin reaction) is a name reaction in organic chemistry whereby silver...

triphenylmethyl radical (often shorted to trityl radical) is an organic compound with the formula (C6H5)3C. It is a persistent radical. It was the first radical ever...

polyketones. The Norrish type I reaction is the photochemical cleavage or homolysis of aldehydes and ketones into two free radical intermediates (α-scission)...

in presence of an electron donor in a free radical process. The reaction product is a vicinal diol. The reaction is named after pinacol (also known as...

a radical clock is a chemical compound that assists in the indirect methodology to determine the kinetics of a free-radical reaction. The radical-clock...

Radical-nucleophilic aromatic substitution or SRN1 in organic chemistry is a type of substitution reaction in which a certain substituent on an aromatic...

Wohl–Ziegler reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the allylic or benzylic bromination of hydrocarbons using an N-bromosuccinimide and a radical initiator...

Peroxides are intermediates in the autoxidation reaction. Autoxidation is a free radical reaction involving oxygen that leads to deterioration of fats...

Radical fluorination is a type of fluorination reaction, complementary to nucleophilic and electrophilic approaches. It involves the reaction of an independently...

agent (CTA), known as a RAFT agent, into a conventional free radical polymerization reaction (must be devoid of oxygen, which terminates propagation)...

the reaction is a carbocation, a carbanion or a free radical, and whether the substrate is aliphatic or aromatic. Detailed understanding of a reaction type...

in mitigating lipid peroxidation by neutralizing free radicals, thereby halting radical chain reactions. Key antioxidants include vitamin C and vitamin...

reaction proceeds via an intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer to a nitrogen-centered radical and is an example of a remote intramolecular free radical...

above room temperature. Reactions of C60 with free radicals readily occur. When C60 is mixed with a disulfide RSSR, the radical C60SR• forms spontaneously...

paramagnetic species such as the unpaired electrons of free radicals. However, when the half-life of radicals is too short to detect with EPR, compounds known...

Barbier reaction is an organometallic reaction between an alkyl halide (chloride, bromide, iodide), a carbonyl group and a metal. The reaction can be performed...

stabilization mechanisms lead to an enhanced rate for free-radical reactions. In the figure at right, the radical is delocalized between the captor nitrile (-CN)...

an unsaturated fatty acid can be cleaved by free-radical reactions involving molecular oxygen. This reaction causes the release of malodorous and highly...