free-radical addition

The mechanism for this conversion is thought to be a free-radical addition.

Industrial routes to 1-bromoalkanes involve free-radical additions to the corresponding alkenes.

Free-radical addition is an addition reaction in organic chemistry involving free radicals.

The basic steps with examples of the free-radical addition (also known as radical chain mechanism) are:

Free-radical addition does not occur with the molecules HCl or HI.

Bromium azide adds to alkenes both through ionic and free-radical addition, each giving an opposite orientation in the products.

The reaction of HBr with substituted alkenes was instrumental in the study of free-radical additions.

Following swelling of the polymer beads, free-radical addition polymerisation is activated by using heat, with benzoyl peroxide as the initiator.

Free-radical addition is used commercially for the synthesis of 1-bromoalkanes, precursors to tertiary amines and quaternary ammonium salts.