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Greatly attenuated reactivity of nitrile-derived carbon-centered radicals toward oxygen
Enrique Font-Sanchis1, Carolina Aliaga, K S Focsaneanu
1Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N6N5.
Abstract:
Several cyanoalkyl radicals are reported to be unreactive toward oxygen; spin delocalization on nitrogen is proposed to be the most important factor to explain this unusual behaviour.