Free radicals are highly versatile reaction intermediates which allow many syntheses to be carried out under relatively mild conditions. The discovery of the first free radical, nearly 100 years ago, opened up a whole new and exciting area of organic synthesis, and free radical chemistry is still developing rapidly today. An essential guide to understanding this topic, Free Radicals in Organic Chemistry provides:

• an excellent first introduction to the structure, formation and reactivity of free radicals
• examples of organic reaction pathways which utilize free radicals
• detailed...