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Free Radical Halogenation, Selectivity, and Thermodynamics: The Polanyi Principle and Hammond's Postulate
Alfred A. Scala
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609

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November 2004
Vol. 81 No. 11
p. 1661

Abstract
Free radical halogenation reactions are examined in the contexts of the Polanyi principle and Hammond's postulate and used as a vehicle for examination of the concept of selectivity in chemical reactions. The origin of selectivity is related to the thermodynamics of the competing reactions and their chemical dynamics.
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Scala, Alfred A. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 1661.
*  Keywords
Chemical Dynamics; Computational Chemistry; Free Radicals; Kinetics; Organic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Thermodynamics
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