Stable Radicals: Fundamentals and Applied Aspects of Odd-Electron Compounds

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Stable radicals - molecules with odd electrons which are sufficiently long lived to be studied or isolated using conventional techniques - have enjoyed a long history and are of current interest for a broad array of fundamental and applied reasons, for example to study and drive novel chemical reactions, in the development of rechargeable batteries or the study of free radical reactions in the body. In Stable Radicals: Fundamentals and Applied Aspects of Odd-Electron Compounds a team of international experts provide a broad-based overview of stable radicals, from the fundamental aspects of specific classes of stable neutral radicals to their wide range of applications including synthesis, materials science and chemical biology. Topics covered include: triphenylmethyl and related radicals polychlorinated triphenylmethyl radicals: towards multifunctional molecular materials phenalenyls, cyclopentadienyls, and other carbon-centered radicals the nitrogen oxides: persistent radicals and van der Waals complex dimers nitroxide radicals: properties, synthesis and applications the only stable organic sigma radicals: di-tert-alkyliminoxyls. delocalized radicals containing the hydrazyl [R2N-NR] unit metal-coordinated phenoxyl radicals stable radicals containing the thiazyl unit: synthesis, chemical, and materials properties stable radicals of the heavy p-block elements application of stable radicals as mediators in living-radical polymerization nitroxide-catalyzed alcohol oxidations in organic synthesis metal-nitroxide complexes: synthesis and magneto-structural correlations rechargeable batteries using robust but redox-active organic radicals spin labeling: a modern perspective functional in vivo EPR spectroscopy and imaging using nitroxides and trityl radicals biologically relevant chemistry of nitroxides Stable Free Radicals: Fundamentals and Applied Aspects of Odd-Electron Compounds is an essential guide to this fascinating area of chemistry for researchers and students working in organic and physical chemistry and materials science.Content: Chapter 1 Triarylmethyl and Related Radicals (pages 1–31): Thomas T. TidwellChapter 2 Polychlorotriphenylmethyl Radicals: Towards Multifunctional Molecular Materials (pages 33–80): Jaume Veciana and Imma RateraChapter 3 Phenalenyls, Cyclopentadienyls, and Other Carbon?Centered Radicals (pages 81–145): Yasushi Morita and Shinsuke NishidaChapter 4 The Nitrogen Oxides: Persistent Radicals and van der Waals Complex Dimers (pages 147–171): D. Scott BohleChapter 5 Nitroxide Radicals: Properties, Synthesis and Applications (pages 173–229): Hakim Karoui, Francois Le Moigne, Olivier Ouari and Paul TordoChapter 6 The Only Stable Organic Sigma Radicals: Di?tert?Alkyliminoxyls (pages 231–244): Keith U. IngoldChapter 7 Verdazyls and Related Radicals Containing the Hydrazyl [R2N?NR] Group (pages 245–279): Robin G. HicksChapter 8 Metal Coordinated Phenoxyl Radicals (pages 281–316): Fabrice ThomasChapter 9 The Synthesis and Characterization of Stable Radicals Containing the Thiazyl (SN) Fragment and Their Use as Building Blocks for Advanced Functional Materials (pages 317–380): Robin G. HicksChapter 10 Stable Radicals of the Heavy p?Block Elements (pages 381–406): Jari Konu and Tristram ChiversChapter 11 Application of Stable Radicals as Mediators in Living?Radical Polymerization (pages 407–431): Andrea R. Szkurhan, Julie Lukkarila and Michael K. GeorgesChapter 12 Nitroxide?Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidations in Organic Synthesis (pages 433–460): Christian BrucknerChapter 13 Metal–Nitroxide Complexes: Synthesis and Magnetostructural Correlations (pages 461–506): Victor OvcharenkoChapter 14 Rechargeable Batteries Using Robust but Redox Active Organic Radicals (pages 507–519): Takeo Suga and Hiroyuki NishideChapter 15 Spin Labeling: A Modern Perspective (pages 521–535): Lawrence J. BerlinerChapter 16 Functional in vivo EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging Using Nitroxide and Trityl Radicals (pages 537–566): Valery V. Khramtsov and Jay L. ZweierChapter 17 Biologically Relevant Chemistry of Nitroxides (pages 567–578): Sara Goldstein and Amram Samuni