Encyclopedia of Radicals in Chemistry, Biology and Materials, 4-Volume Set

Over the last two decades the application of free radicals in organic synthesis, materials science and life science has steadily increased, this Encyclopedia presents methodologies and mechanisms involving free radicals of chemical and biological research, including applications in materials science and medicine.

The aim of this Encyclopedia is to offer for the first time a description of free radicals within an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary context, connecting structural characteristics and chemical properties to their applications in different areas of chemistry and related disciplines.

It covers not only basic concepts and chemical synthesis, but also touches on various aspects concerning the role of free radicals in materials and life sciences. The reader will find a balanced contribution of topics related to free radicals covering for example, their role in proteomics, genomics and lipidomics as well as their enormous potential in synthesis and technology.

Covers topical areas such as:

Alzheimer's disease and antioxidants in food within medicine and life sciences
Synthesis and catalysis, combustion and atmospheric chemistry within chemistry
Ageing and signalling in biological processes
Of interest to anybody working in the field of free radicals in the broadest sense. It will address scientists who want to enter the interdisciplinary field of free radicals. In particular, it is aimed primarily at chemists and life science researchers who want to gain a wider and deeper understanding of free radicals which will allow them to apply free radicals in their own scientific field.

The book consists of four themed volumes:

Basic Concepts & Methodologies
Synthetic Strategies & Applications
Chemical Biology
Polymers & Materials
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Volume 1
Preface

List of Contributors

Abbreviations and Acronymns

1.The History of Free Radical Chemistry
Thomas T. Tidwell

2. Overview of Radical Initiation
Jacques Lalevée and Jean Pierre Fouassier

3. Basic Concepts on Radical Chain Reactions
Michael S. Sherburn

4. Thermochemistry and Hydrogen Transfer Kinetics
Andreas A. Zavitsas

5. Radical Kinetics and Clocks
Martin Newcomb

6. Radical Rearrangements: Ester-Substituted Radicals and Hydrogen Atom Migrations
Kaname Sasaki, Ian Cumpstey and David Crich

7. Analysis of Radicals by EPR
John C. Walton

8. Structures and Reactivity of Radicals Followed by Magnetic Resonance
Alexandra Yurkovskaya, Olga Morozova and Georg Gescheidt

9. Matrix Isolation of Radicals
Artur Mardyukov and Wolfram Sander

10. Supramolecular Radical Chemistry
Marco Lucarini

11. Redox Properties of Radicals
David C. Magri and Mark S. Workentin

12. Photo Induced Radical Reactions
Julia Pérez-Prieto and Miguel A. Miranda

13. Radical Cation/Anion and Neutral Radicals: A Comparison
Amber N. Hancock and J. M. Tanko

14. The SRN1 Reaction
Javier I. Bardagí, Victoria A. Vaillard and Roberto A. Rossi

15. Photoinduced Reactions of Radical Ions via Charge Separation
Shunichi Fukuzumi and Kei Ohkubo

16. Radiation-Induced Radical Reactions
Krzysztof Bobrowski

17. Free Radical Chemistry in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids
Ilya A. Shkrob and James F. Wishart

18. Radical Stability-Thermochemical Aspects
Johnny Hioe and Hendrik Zipse

19. Radical Chemistry in the Gas Phase
Christian Alcaraz, Ingo Fischer and Detlef Schröder

20. Atmospheric Radical Chemistry
Paul H. Wine and J. Michael Nicovich

Volume 2

Preface

List of Contributors

Abbreviations and Acronymns

21. Tin Hydrides and Functional Group Transformations
Hannelore Jasch and Markus R. Heinrich

22. Silanes as Reducing Reagents in Radical Chemistry
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu and Vitaliy I. Timokhin

23. Boron in Radical Chemistry
Philippe Renaud

24. Organic Synthesis Using Samarium Diiodide
Susannah C. Coote, Robert A. Flowers II, Troels Skrydstrup and D. J. Procter

25. Intramolecular Homolytic Substitutions in Synthesis
Sara H. Kyne and Carl H. Schiesser

26. Stereoselective Radical Reactions
Yong-Hua Yang and Mukund P. Sibi

27. Unusual Cyclizations
Kerry Gilmore and Igor V. Alabugin

28. Radical Cascade Reactions
Alexandre Baralle, Abdulkader Baroudi, Marion Daniel, Louis Fensterbank, Jean-Philippe Goddard, Emmanuel Lacôte, Marie-Hélène Larraufie, Giovanni Maestri, Max Malacria and Cyril Ollivier

29. Main-Group Elements in Radical Chemistry
Alexandre Baralle, Abdulkader Baroudi, Marion Daniel, Louis Fensterbank, Jean-Philippe Goddard, Emmanuel Lacôte, Marie-Hélène Larraufie, Giovanni Maestri, Max Malacria and Cyril Ollivier

30. Organic Electron Donors
John A. Murphy

31. Manganese(III) Acetate, CAN, and FE(III) Salts in Oxidative Radical Chemistry
Jonathan W. Burton

32. Halogen and Chalcogen Transfer Chemistry
Chaozhong Li

33. Xanthates and Related Derivatives as Radical Precursors
Samir Z. Zard

34. Epoxides in Titanocene-Mediated and –Catalyzed Radical Reactions
Andreas Gansäuer and André Fleckhaus

35. Transition Metals and Radicals
Hideki Yorimitsu

36. Unusual Radical Acceptors
Piero Spagnolo and Daniele Nanni

37. Radical Arylations
Santiago E. Vaillard and Armido Studer

38. Nitroxides in Synthetic Radical Chemistry
Chittreeya Tansakul and Rebecca Braslau

39. Radicals and Carbohydrates
Inés Pérez-Martin and Ernesto Suárez

40. Electrochemically Initiated Radical Reactions
Martin A. Bohn, Anna Paul and Gerhard Hilt

41. Synthetic Radical Photochemistry
Emmanuel Riguet and Norbert Hoffmann

42. Radical Chemistry by Using Flow Microreactor Technology
Takahide Fukuyama and Ilhyong Ryu

Volume 3

Preface

List of Contributors

Abbreviations and Acronymns

43. Biological Chemistry of Reactive Oxygen Species
Christine C. Winterbourn

44. Reactions of Small Reactive Species With DNA
Nicholas E. Geacintov and Vladimir Shafirovich

45. Oxidatively Generated Nucleobase Modifications in Isolated and Cellular DNA
Jean Cadet, Thierry Douki, Didier Gasparutto, Jean-Luc Ravanat and J. Richard Wagner

46. Oxidatively Formed Sugar Radicals in Nucleic Acids
Thanasis Gimisis and Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu

47. Understanding DNA Radicals Employing Theory and Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
Amitava Adhikary, Anil Kumar, David Becker and Michael D. Sevilla

48. Charge Transfer in DNA
Mamoru Fujitsuka and Tetsuro Majima

49. Oxidative Damage to Proteins
Michael J. Davies

50. Radical-Based Damage of Sulfur-Containing Amino Acid Residues
Christian Schöneich

51. Electron Transfer in Peptides and Proteins
Bernd Giese, Sonja Eckhardt and Miriam Lauz

52. Radical Enzymes
Wolfgang Buckel and Bernard T. Golding

53. Theoretical Studies of Radical Enzymes
Gregory M. Sandala, David M. Smith and Leo Radom

54. Lipid Peroxidation
Etsuo Niki

55. Lipid Isomerization
Carla Ferreri and Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu

56. Antioxidants in Chemistry and Biology
Luca Valgimigli and Derek A. Pratt

57. Free Radicals and Metabolic Disorders
Guy Cohen, Yael Riahi and Shlomo Sasson

Volume 4.

Preface

List of Contributors

Abbreviations and Acronymns

58. Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization: Mechanism, Process and Applications
Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Janes P. Blinco, Mathias Destarac, Kristofer J. Thurecht and Sébastien Perrier

59. Fundamentals of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

60. Kinetics of Polymerizations
Michael Buback and Gregory T. Russell

61. Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization and its Applications
Didier Gigmes and Sylvain R. A. Marque

62. Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) and Addition (ATRA) and Applications
Tomislav Pintauer and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

63. Sb, Bi, Te, and I-Transfer Polymerization and Applications
Shigeru Yamago and Eiichi Kayahara

64. Radical Polymerization in Industry
Peter Nesvadba

65. Spin Labels and Spin Probes
David Bardelang, Micaël Hardy, Olivier Quari and Paul Tordo

66. Radical Thiol-X Click Chemistry
Niels ten Brummelhuis and Helmut Schlaad

67. Conducting Polymers: Applications in Electronics and Photovaltaics
Huanli Dong and Wenping Hu

68. Silicon Radical Surface Chemistry
Bart Rijksen, Mabel A. Caipa Campos, Jos M. J. Paulusse and Han Zuilhof

69. Persistent and Stable Silyl Radicals
Boris Tumanskii, Miriam Karni and Yitzhak Apeloig

70. Physical Properties of Thiazyl Radicals Toward Conductive and Magnetic Materials
Kunio Awaga

71. Polyradicals in Batteries
Kenichi Oyaizu and Hiroyuki Nishide

72. Radical Chemistry on Fullerenes
Manolis D. Tzirakis and Michael Orfanopoulos

73. A Paradigm for the Radical-Mediated Photochemical Synthesis of Metal Nanostructures
J. C. Scaiano, Kevin G. Stamplecoskie, Katherine L. McGilvray and Natalia L. Pacioni

Author Index

Subject Index