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Understanding Reactivity Patterns of Radical Cations
Author(s) -
Schmittel Michael,
Burghart Armin
Publication year - 1997
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.199725501
Subject(s) - electron transfer , reactivity (psychology) , chemistry , radical ion , electrochemistry , redox , computational chemistry , computer science , combinatorial chemistry , chemical physics , photochemistry , organic chemistry , ion , electrode , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Over the last 15 years electron transfer activation has emerged as a valuable concept for accomplishing novel reactions and has found widespread application in the selective transformation of increasingly complex molecules. This review presents in a conceptualized manner the vast number of radical cation reactions obtained after chemical, electrochemical, and photoinduced one‐electron oxidation. To familiarize the reader with the concepts of electron transfer a simple and straightforward classification of radical cation reactions has been devised to allow the presentation of a manifold of reactions in a readily understandable manner. Whenever possible, thermochemical and kinetic data are provided.