Stable radicals - molecules with odd electrons which are sufficiently long lived to be studied or isolated using conventional techniques - have enjoyed a long history and are of current interest for a broad array of fundamental and applied reasons, for example to study and drive novel chemical reactions, in the development of rechargeable batteries or the study of free radical reactions in the body.

In Stable Radicals: Fundamentals and Applied Aspects of Odd-Electron Compounds a team of international experts provide a broad-based overview of stable radicals, from the fundamental aspects of specific classes of stable neutral radicals to their wide range of applications including synthesis, materials science and chemical biology. Topics covered include:

Triphenylmethyl and related radicals

Polychlorinated triphenylmethyl radicals: towards multifunctional molecular materials

Phenalenyls, cyclopentadienyls, and other carbon-centered radicals

The nitrogen oxides: persistent radicals and van der Waals complex dimers

Nitroxide radicals: properties, synthesis and applications

The only stable organic sigma radicals: di-tert-alkyliminoxyls

Delocalized radicals containing the hydrazyl [R2N-NR] unit

Metal-coordinated phenoxyl radicals

Stable radicals containing the thiazyl unit: synthesis, chemical, and materials properties

Stable radicals of the heavy p-block elements

Application of stable radicals as mediators in living-radical polymerization

Nitroxide-catalyzed alcohol oxidations in organic synthesis

Metal-nitroxide complexes: synthesis and magneto-structural correlations

Rechargeable batteries using robust but redox-active organic radicals

Spin labeling: a modern perspective

Functional in vivo EPR spectroscopy and imaging using nitroxides and trityl radicals

Biologically relevant chemistry of nitroxides

Stable Free Radicals: Fundamentals and Applied Aspects of Odd-Electron Compounds is an essential guide to this fascinating area of chemistry for researchers and students working in organic and physical chemistry and materials science.