Autoxidation catalysis with N-hydroxyimides: more-reactive radicals or just more radicals?
A first-principles analysis reveals that the catalytic efficiency of nitroxyl radicals in alkane oxidations is not simply correlated with their reactivity toward the substrate.
Hermans
Ive
I
Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, K U Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium. ive.hermans@biw.kuleuven.be
Jacobs
Pierre
P
Peeters
Jozef
J
D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry; D007094:Imides / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
D000473:Alkanes; D005609:Free Radicals; D007094:Imides; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; C039900:nitroxyl