title: Electrophilicity and nucleophilicity index for radicals.
abstract: Radicals can be regarded as electrophilic/nucleophilic, depending on their tendency to attack sites of relatively higher/lower electron density. In this paper, an electrophilicity scale, global as well as local, and a nucleophilicity scale for 35 radicals is reported. The global electrophilicity scale correlates well with the nucleophilicity scale, suggesting that these concepts are inversely related.
authors.affiliation: Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Faculteit Wetenschappen, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Freija
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Vleeschouwer
authors.forename: Veronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Van Speybroeck
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waroquier
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geerlings
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Proft