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Reactions with Molecular Oxygen
Author(s) -
Fallab S.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.196704961
Subject(s) - oxidizing agent , radical , homogeneous , molecular oxygen , oxygen , chemistry , molecule , paramagnetism , mechanism (biology) , metal , combinatorial chemistry , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , epistemology
Molecular oxygen is an important oxidizing agent both in industrial and in biological processes. In many of these processe, the O 2 molecule reacts preferentially with free radicals, which are frequently paramagnetic metal ions. Homogeneous systems of this type that are described in the literature are discussed, and an attempt is made to establish the factors that determine the course and mechanism of the reaction.