Handbook of Free Radical Initiators
1. Edition April 2003
904 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The Handbook of Free Radical Initiators presents an up-to-date account of the physicochemical data on radical initiators and reactions of radical generation. The authors divide their study into three sections:
Part I is devoted to initiators of free radicals; coverage includes different mechanisms of decomposition of initiators, the cage effect that accompanies decomposition in liquids and solid polymers, and methods of study of initiator decomposition.
Part II addresses bimolecular reactions of free radical generation, including those of retrodisproportionation, of paraffins and olefins with haloid molecules, and bimolecular and trimolecular reactions of RH with dioxygen, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide.
Part III collects data on the mechanism and rate constants of reactions of free radicals formed from initiators.
Free radical initiators-chemical molecules which easily decompose into free radicals-serve as reactive intermediates in synthetic methodologies such as organic and polymer synthesis as well as in technological processes, oligomerization, network formation, and kinetic research. The Handbook of Free Radical Initiators presents an up-to-date account of the physicochemical data on radical initiators and reactions of radical generation. Individual chapters include:
* Dialkyl Peroxides and Hydroperoxides
* Diacyl Peroxides, Peresters, and Organic Polyoxides
* Azo-Compounds
* Bimolecular Reactions of Free Radical Generation by Ozone, Dioxygen, Hydroperoxides, and Haloid Molecules
* Free Radical Abstraction Reactions
* Free Radical Addition Reactions
* Free Radical Recombination and Disproportoination Reactions
Professionals and academic researchers in chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, plastics, and rubbers will find the Handbook of Free Radical Initiators to be a distinguished, vital resource.
Symbols and Abbreviations.
PART I: INITIATORS.
Chapter 1. Mechanism of Decomposition of Initiators.
Chapter 2. Cage Effect.
Chapter 3. Methods of Study of Initiator Decomposition and Free Radical Generation.
Chapter 4. Dialkyl Peroxides and Hydroperoxides.
Chapter 5. Diacyl Peroxides, Peroxy Esters, Polyatomic, and Organometallic Peroxides.
Chapter 6. Organic Polyoxides.
Chapter 7. Azo Compounds.
Chapter 8. Compounds with Weak C-C, N-N, C-N and N-O Bonds.
PART II: BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS OF FREE RADICAL GENERATION.
Chapter 9. Parabolic Model of Bimolecular Homolytic Reaction.
Chapter 10. Bimolecular and Trimolecular Reactions of Free Radical Generation by Dioxygen.
Chapter 11. Bimolecular Reactions of Free Radical Generation by Ozone.
Chapter 12. Bimolecular Reactions of Hydroperoxides with Free Radical Generation.
Chapter 13. Free Radical Generation by Olefins.
Chapter 14. Free Radicals Generation by Haloid Molecules and Nitrogen Dioxide.
Chapter 15. Free Radical Generation by Reactions of Ions with Molecules.
PART III: REACTIONS OF FREE RADICALS.
Chapter 16. Isomerization and Decomposition of Free Radicals.
Chapter 17. Free Radical Abstraction Reactions.
Chapter 18. Free Radical Reactions of Hydrogen Transfer and Substitution.
Chapter 19. Free Radical Addition.
Chapter 20. Recombination and Disproportionation of Free Radicals.
Index.
"...will be useful to all users of free-radical initiators..." (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 43, 2004)
"...a valuable resource..." (Polymer News)
