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-- Rifleman 82 ( talk) 20:26, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Does the R group in RCOCl really have to be an "organic radical"? Only one reaction shown on the page (the Appel Reaction) had a radical at all. From what I understand, the beauty of Acid Chlorides is that you can put virtually any R group onto it, allowing addition to any nucleophilic functional group.
An explanation would be appreciated, but if one is not available in a few days, I'll go ahead and remove that part of the opening paragraph. Uhjoebilly ( talk) 00:33, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Radical is an old term which means fragment, which can pretty much be anything. [1] It is not a free radical. I suppose this terminology may give rise to confusion, but I can't think of a good one-for-one replacement. Feel free to edit. -- Rifleman 82 ( talk) 04:37, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Sweet! I never knew that... But yea, I'll see if I can reword it to make it a little clearer, especially since I couldn't find anything on the antiquated definition in the linked article. Thanks again for the insight! -- Uhjoebilly ( talk) 19:12, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
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-- Rifleman 82 ( talk) 20:26, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Does the R group in RCOCl really have to be an "organic radical"? Only one reaction shown on the page (the Appel Reaction) had a radical at all. From what I understand, the beauty of Acid Chlorides is that you can put virtually any R group onto it, allowing addition to any nucleophilic functional group.
An explanation would be appreciated, but if one is not available in a few days, I'll go ahead and remove that part of the opening paragraph. Uhjoebilly ( talk) 00:33, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Radical is an old term which means fragment, which can pretty much be anything. [1] It is not a free radical. I suppose this terminology may give rise to confusion, but I can't think of a good one-for-one replacement. Feel free to edit. -- Rifleman 82 ( talk) 04:37, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Sweet! I never knew that... But yea, I'll see if I can reword it to make it a little clearer, especially since I couldn't find anything on the antiquated definition in the linked article. Thanks again for the insight! -- Uhjoebilly ( talk) 19:12, 2 December 2010 (UTC)