New Advances of Free-Radical Reactions in Organic Chemistry
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 697
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Interests: natural products; terpenoids; organic synthesis; free radicals; organometallic chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
Free radicals are chemical species that contain one or more unpaired electrons in their external orbitals. These species exhibit remarkable reactivity. These species were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century thanks to the work of Fenton, Haber, and Wilstätter. In particular, Gomberg’s works are notable, as he isolated the first organic free radical, the triphenylmethyl radical, in 1900. From these seminal works, the field of free-radical chemistry received great attention during the 20th century, and a wide number of processes based on these species have been developed.
In fact, the synthetic application of free-radical reactions has steadily increased with time. Nowadays, radical reactions can often be found driving the key steps of complex synthetic procedures oriented toward the construction of natural products and other molecules. The use of several reagents, such as organometallic compounds and photoredox procedures, to generate and control these species represents relevant progress in this field in recent decades.
In this Special Issue, we will collect original research articles, communications, and review papers that cover the latest news in this field, especially in the context of the development of new useful reactions and their application to the synthesis of interesting objectives.
The suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- New advances in the development of free-radical reactions;
- Applications to the synthesis of bioactive compounds;
- Free radicals in the preparation of functional materials;
- New free-radical procedures based on photoredox and photocatalysis;
- Theoretical studies of free-radical processes.
Prof. Dr. José Justicia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- free-radical reactions
- organic chemistry
- organic synthesis
- fotoredox reactions
- organometallics reactions
- computational calculations
- free radicals in biology
- free radicals in green chemistry
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