Preferred Label : degenerate chain branching;
IUPAC definition : Sometimes chain branching is brought about by an intermediate which has a long lifetime
compared with an ordinary free radical. If this intermediate can break down in different
ways, only one of which leads to branching, there may be a relatively slow increase
in the number of radicals, and there is said to be degenerate chain branching.;
Origin ID : D01557;
See also
Sometimes chain branching is brought about by an intermediate which has a long lifetime
compared with an ordinary free radical. If this intermediate can break down in different
ways, only one of which leads to branching, there may be a relatively slow increase
in the number of radicals, and there is said to be degenerate chain branching.
