Recent Advances in Radical Chemistry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photoredox catalysis; nitrogen radical chemistry; asymmetric catalysis; cycloaddition; radical cross-coupling; heterocycle synthesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Radicals are a class of important reactive intermediates. However, due to the lack of mild and controllable methods for their generation and the high reactivity of most radical intermediates, the radicals are often considered mysterious, chaotic, and uncontrollable. This has led to the long-standing perception that the importance of radical chemistry is secondary to that of ionic chemistry. Since the beginning of the 21st century, with the rapid development of fields such as metal catalysis, organic catalysis, visible light catalysis, and electrocatalysis, radical chemistry has made great progress in many aspects. It has demonstrated unique capabilities and potential in the construction of novel functional molecules and has become an important frontier area in organic chemistry. In recent decades, many researchers have developed numerous new catalytic systems and methodologies, focusing on the development of radical precursors, mild and controllable radical generation methods, design of novel radical reactions, improvement of reaction efficiency, and precise control of selectivity.
This Special Issue is devoted to providing an overview of recent advancements in the field of radical chemistry, and research topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Radical chemistry;
- Radical cross-coupling;
- Photocatalysis;
- Electrochemical synthesis;
- Transition metal catalysis.
Prof. Dr. Jia-Rong Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- radical chemistry
- radical cross-coupling
- photocatalysis
- electrochemical synthesis
- transition metal catalysis
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