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Reversal of the Selectivity Principle in Free‐Radical Addition to Alkenes

Bernd Giese, Jürgen Meixner

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1979 · 28 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

The selectivity of alkenes in radical reactions increases with increasing reactivity, i.e. the most selective alkenes are the most reactive ones. This result could be of interest, say in radical polymerization.

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Journal of Molecular Structure · 1979 · 3.4K citations

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Basis and Limitations of the Reactivity‐Selectivity Principle

Bernd Giese · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1977 · 164 citations

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Recent aspects of homolytic aromatic substitutions

Francesco Minisci · Topics in Current Chemistry · 2006 · 154 citations

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Nucleophilic character of the alkyl radicals. 16. Absolute rate constants and the reactivity-selectivity relationship in the homolytic aromatic alkylation

Attilio Citterio, Francesco Minisci, Ombretta Porta et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1977 · 114 citations

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Nucleophilic character of alkyl radicals—XIII

Tullio Caronna, Attilio Citterio, M. Ghirardini et al. · Tetrahedron · 1977 · 47 citations

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