title: Greatly attenuated reactivity of nitrile-derived carbon-centered radicals toward oxygen.
abstract: Several cyanoalkyl radicals are reported to be unreactive toward oxygen; spin delocalization on nitrogen is proposed to be the most important factor to explain this unusual behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N6N5.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Font-Sanchis
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aliaga
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Focsaneanu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Scaiano