A comparison of methods for measuring relative radical stabilities of carbon-centred radicals

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 9597-9610

  Coote, Michelle L ^a   Lin, Ching Yeh ^a   Beckwith, Athelstan L J ^a   Zavitsas, Andreas A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON; FREE RADICALS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77955890954     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c003880f     Document Type: Article

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