title: Thiols, thioethers, and related compounds as sources of C-centred radicals.
abstract: Due to their stability, availability and reactivity, sulfides are particularly attractive sources of carbon-centered radicals. However, their reactivity in homolytic substitution processes is strongly reduced when compared with the corresponding selenides or halides. Despite this, sulfur-containing compounds can be engineered so that they become effective agents in radical chain reactions. A detailed description of the reactivity of organo-sulfur compounds is reported here with the aim of providing clear guidance on the scope and limitation of their use as radical precursors in chain reactions.
authors.affiliation: Université de Nantes, CEISAM UMR 6230 - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques - 2, rue de la Houssinière BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France. fabrice.denes@univ-nantes.fr.
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dénès
authors.forename: Carl H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Schiesser
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Renaud
mesh_terms: D000080:Acetals / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D005609:Free Radicals; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000080:Acetals; D005609:Free Radicals; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; D002244:Carbon