Termination reaction
A termination reaction , also known as a chain termination, is a chemical reaction that ends a chain reaction . Normally two radicals (e.g. 1a and 1b ) combine to form a molecule 2 in a termination reaction :
The radicals can combine (see above) or disproportionate , which formally terminates the chain reaction:
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Individual evidence
- ^ Ivan Ernest: Binding, Structure and Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry , Springer-Verlag, 1972, p. 296, ISBN 3-211-81060-9 .