Handbook of Free Radical Initiators 

0-471-20753-5

978-0-471-20753-5

E. Denisov, et al., John Wiley & Sons, 2003, 879 pp., hard cover

PARTIAL
PART I: INITIATORS.
Chapter 1. Mechanism of Decomposition of Initiators.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Nonconcerted Unimolecular Decomposition.
1.3 Concerted Fragmentation of Initiators.
1.4 Anchimerically Assisted Decomposition of Peroxides.
1.5 Decay of Initiators to Free Radicals and Molecular Products.
1.6 Chain Decomposition of Initiators.
Chapter 2. Cage Effect.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Experimental Evidence for the Cage Effect.
2.3 Mechanistic Schemes of Cage Effect.
2.4 Cage Effect in Solid Polymers.
Chapter 3. Methods of Study of Initiator Decomposition and Free Radical Generation.
3.1 Kinetic Decay of Initiator (KDI).
3.2 Kinetic Product Formation (KPF).
3.3 Acceptors of Free Radicals (AFR).
3.4 Kinetic Chain Initiated Reaction (KIR).
3.5 Chemiluminescence (CL) Method.
Chapter 4. Dialkyl Peroxides and Hydroperoxides.
4.1 Dialkyl Peroxides.
4.2 Hydroperoxides and Peracids.
Chapter 5. Diacyl Peroxides, Peroxy Esters, Polyatomic, and Organometallic Peroxides.
5.1 Diacyl Peroxides.
5.2 Peroxy Esters.
5.3 Decomposition of Polyatomic Peroxides.
5.4 Organometallic Peroxides.
Chapter 6. Organic Polyoxides.
6.1 Dialkyl Trioxides.
6.2 Hydrotrioxides.
6.3 Tetroxides.
Chapter 7. Azo Compounds.
7.1 Synthesis and Structure of Azo Compounds.
7.2 Thermochemistry of Azo Compounds.
7.3 Decomposition of Azo Compounds.
Chapter 8. Compounds with Weak C-C, N-N, C-N and N-O Bonds.
8.1 Polyphenylhydrocarbons.
8.2 Substituted Hydrazines.
8.3 Alkoxyamines.
8.4 Nitro Compounds.
8.5 Nitrates and Nitrites.
8.6
8.7
PART II: BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS OF FREE RADICAL GENERATION.
Chapter 9. Parabolic Model of Bimolecular Homolytic Reaction.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Principles for the Parabolic Model of Bimolecular Homolytic Reaction.
9.3 Parameters of Bimolecular Homolytic Reaction in the Parabolic Model.
Chapter 10. Bimolecular and Trimolecular Reactions of Free Radical Generation by Dioxygen.
10.1 Reaction of Dioxygen with C-H Bonds of Organic Compounds.
10.2 Reaction of Dioxygen with the Double Bond of Olefins.
10.3
Chapter 11. Bimolecular Reactions of Free Radical Generation by Ozone.

Chapter 12. Bimolecular Reactions of Hydroperoxides with Free Radical Generation.

Chapter 13. Free Radical Generation by Olefins.

Chapter 14. Free Radicals Generation by Haloid Molecules and Nitrogen Dioxide.

Chapter 15. Free Radical Generation by Reactions of Ions with Molecules.

PART III: REACTIONS OF FREE RADICALS.
Chapter 16. Isomerization and Decomposition of Free Radicals.

Chapter 17. Free Radical Abstraction Reactions.

Chapter 18. Free Radical Reactions of Hydrogen Transfer and Substitution.

Chapter 19. Free Radical Addition.

Chapter 20. Recombination and Disproportionation of Free Radicals.

Index.