Comments on: Free Radical Reactions https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/ Wed, 07 Dec 2022 04:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Nidhi Sharma https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-601194 Fri, 21 May 2021 20:13:40 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-601194 Wow, what an explanation…
Thanks a lot!

]]> By: Christian https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-593334 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:36:50 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-593334 Some radical mechanisms occur without the input of energy. How can I determine whether a reaction will proceed via a radical- or polar-mediated pathway?

]]> By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-556345 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:23:19 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-556345 In reply to Christine.

Come on, that shouldn’t take too much time to find the answer to.

]]> By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-556344 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:22:46 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-556344 In reply to rachit.

Neutral means that it bears no formal charge. Non-polar means that, to a good approximation, the molecule doesn’t have a significant dipole moment.

]]> By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-556343 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:22:05 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-556343 In reply to farzeen.

They are neutral. In most polar reactions there is an activation barrier for forming a charged species such as a carbocation which can be reduced through solvation with a polar solvent. Not the case here.

]]> By: farzeen https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-511910 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 05:04:11 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-511910 Hi James,
Free radical carbon atoms are electron deficient and they are stabilized by electron releasing groups next to it.
But why aren’t they stabilized by solvation?

]]> By: APALA SEN https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-500552 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 13:51:35 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-500552 Thank you for making a complex concept appear to be so trivial, something myriad books and study references have failed to do.

]]> By: rachit https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-494446 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:52:06 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-494446 is neutral and non polar not same?

]]> By: Christine https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2013/07/30/free-radical-reactions/#comment-95015 Mon, 12 May 2014 14:06:29 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=7428#comment-95015 Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with my homework. Which reaction could easily produce a product: alkene plus HBR —–> antimarkivnov product or an alkene plus HCl——–>markivnov product? Thanks.

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