CENTENARY LECTURE - THE PURSUIT OF SELECTIVITY IN RADICAL REACTIONS

Authors
BECKWITH ALJ
Citation
Alj. Beckwith, CENTENARY LECTURE - THE PURSUIT OF SELECTIVITY IN RADICAL REACTIONS, Chemical Society reviews, 22(3), 1993, pp. 143-151
Citations number
69
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemical Society reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
03060012
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
143 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-0012(1993)22:3<143:CL-TPO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The recognition of the factors which influence the chemo-, regio-, and stereo-selectivity of organic free radical reactions has underpinned recent developments in the application of such reactions to the synthe sis of complex molecules. In this review the role of thermochemical, s tereoelectronic, steric, and polar effects in determining selectivity will be discussed and illustrated with examples drawn mainly from rece nt work carried out at the Australian National University.