Department of Chemistry   University of Oxford

RADICAL CHEMISTRY

Dr M.G. Moloney

Michaelmas Term – Third Year (4 lectures)

Lecture 1: Introduction: occurrence and structure of free radicals; definitions; characteristic reactions. Free radical substitution reactions; reactivity and regioselectivity

Lecture 2: Kinetics and mechanism: addition to multiple bonds; selectivity and chain reactions

Lecture 3: Kinetics and mechanism: rearrangement chemistry; kinetic and thermodynamic control

Lecture 4: Radicals in synthesis: functional group chemistry; tandem, cascade processes in complexity generation and application for natural product synthesis.

Bibliography
Text: Moody and Whitham, Reactive Intermediates, OCP, Vol 8, OUP, 1992 (Chapter 2)

 


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