A combined theoretical and experimental approach has revealed that radicals can be significantly stabilized by the presence of a remote anionic site in the same molecule. This finding has implications for understanding and potentially controlling the reactivity of these important reactive intermediates.
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Forbes, M. Radicals with multiple personalities. Nature Chem 5, 447–449 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1663
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