The Chemistry of Free Radicals
Subtitle: Peroxyl Radicals (The Chemistry of Free Radicals)
Publisher: Wiley
Published: April 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780471970651
Subjects: Aromatic chemistry; Physical chemistry; Pollution & threats to the environment; Waste management; Science/Mathematics; Aliphatic Chemistry; Science; Chemistry - Analytic; Chemistry - Organic; Science / Chemistry / Analytic; Science / Chemistry / Organic; Science : Chemistry - Analytic; Peroxides; Radicals (Chemistry)
First sentence: Most carbon-centred radicals react with molecular oxygen with rate constants which are close to the diffusion-controlled limit, equal to k = 2-4 x 109 M-1s-1, to form peroxyl radicals-the peroxylation reaction: