Radicals in Organic Synthesis, 2 Vols.

From the contents: Part I - Basic Principles: Radical chain reactions (Initiators, organoboranes/ Tin and silicon hydrides/ Alternative hydrogen sources/ Atom transfer reactions/ Fragmentation reactions/ Xanthates/ Thiohydroxamates/ Polarity-reversal catalysis/ Cobalt); Single electron transfer (Samarium(II)/ Manganese(III)/ Electrochemistry/ Cerium(IV) and other oxidizing agents/ Nickel and other reducing agents/ Photoelectron transfers); Properties of radicals (Kinetics of radical reaction I (rel. kinetic/structure)/ Kinetics of radical reactions II (radical probes)/ Persistent radical effect/ Molecular modelling and calculations); Polymerization (Living radical polymerization/ Selectivity in polymer formation); Stereoselectivity of radical reactions (Acyclic systems/ Cyclic systems/ Lewis acids/ Chiral auxiliaries/ Enantioselective reactions). Part II - Applications: Cascade reactions (Macrocyclizations and transannular reactions/ Cyclization cas cades/ O-Stannyl ketyl radicals); radical rearrangements (Synthetically useful radical rearrangements/ Unusual cyclizations/ Hydrogen atom abstraction/ Hydroxylation via C-H bond activation); Miscellaneous applications (Novel radical traps/ Alkenylation and alkynylation/ Radical carbonylation and reactions of acyl radicals/ Ipso-Substituion/ Combinatorial chemistry/ Aminoxy radicals/ Diradicals); Radicals in total synthesis (Key radical steps in natural product synthesis/ Formation of quaternary centers/ a-Oxygenated radicals/ Alkaloids I/ Alkaloids II/ Alkaloids III); Heteroatom centered radicals (O-Radical/ Peroxide radicals/ N-Radical/ S-Radical); Radicals in biomaterials (DNA/ Peptides/ Modifications of peptides via diradicals/ Sugar)