Half a Century of Free Radical Chemistry

by S. Parekh, Shyamal I. Parekh, Derek Barton

This book describes the experience over 25 years of the senior author with the chemistry of organic free radicals. It begins with a mechanistic study of industrial importance on the pyrolysis of chlorinated alkanes. It continues with a theory on the biosynthesis of phenolate derived alkaloids involving phenolate radical coupling. There follows 20 years of practical work to prove the theory correct, especially in the case of morphine alkaloids. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521445809
• ISBN13: 9780521445801
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"