Free Radical Reactions
With rare exceptions, until now every reaction we’ve discussed (acid-base, substitution, elimination, addition) has involved the formation of bonds between an electron pair donor (Lewis
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Free Radical Initiation: Why Is “Light” Or “Heat” Required?
If you come across just a few free-radical reactions, you should notice a familiar pattern. Every free-radical reaction that you’ll encounter is accompanied by either
Read moreInitiation, Propagation, Termination
Waaay back when we started to go through free radical substitution reactions, you might recall that we looked a reaction like this one: Now that
Read moreSelectivity In Free Radical Reactions
In the last post we showed some examples of how different isomers might be formed in free-radical halogenation of alkanes. And I left off with
Read moreAllylic Bromination
In previous posts on radicals, we’ve seen how bromine can selectively react with tertiary C-H bonds (bond strength 93 kcal/mol) over secondary (96 kcal/mol) and
Read moreIn Summary: Free Radicals
So what have we learned about free radicals in this series? What Are Free Radicals? Free radicals are chemical species that contain a singly occupied orbital.
Read moreIntroduction to Free Radical Substitution Reactions
The four posts on acid-base, substitution, addition, and elimination covered the 4 main reactions in organic chemistry I. In this second series of posts we go beyond these to introduce a
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