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Chemistry of the biradicals produced in the Norrish Type II reaction

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The preparation of this review was supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the Department of Energy, Document No. NDRL-1837 from the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory.

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Scaiano, J.C., Lissi, E.A. & Encina, M.V. Chemistry of the biradicals produced in the Norrish Type II reaction. Reviews of Chemical Intermediates 2, 139–196 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03155998

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