As the main constituent of natural gas, alkanes are arguably Nature's most plentiful organic
base chemicals that are easily accessible. Chemists have long coveted the use of alkanes …

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 …

The second edition of this best-selling handbook is bigger, more comprehensive, and now
completely current. In addition to thorough updates to the discussions featured in the first …

The results of studies on intramolecular interconversions in systems of norbornadiene⇄
quadricyclane and their derivatives are classified and discussed. The mechanisms of the …

Data on the valence isomerisation of norbornadiene and its derivatives into the
corresponding quadricyclanes published between 1990 and 2001 are considered and …

Radical ions are important chemical entities occurring in one-electron oxidation or reduction
of closed-shell molecules. They are produced in chemical reactions as well as upon …

Publisher Summary The dimerization of cation radicals of simple benzene derivatives is
usually accompanied by the formation of the corresponding biphenyl derivative. This, by …

Through comprehensive photo-assays, this study investigates the reaction coordinate
governing the interconversion between quadricyclane (QC) and norbornadiene (NBD) upon …

Organic radical ions are important intermediates in a wide variety of chemical processes,
and they also command attention because of a multitude of unusual structure types and a …

Abstract; A series of radical cations has been generated from appropriate hydrocarbonsby
photoinitiated electron transfer to chloranil and cyanosubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons …