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A free radical is any organic molecule with an odd number of electrons. Even as simple an organic molecule as benzene can be transformed into three chemically distinct, highly reactive free radicals. One-electron oxidation, the removal of an electron from the π-electrons, results in the formation of the benzene cation radical. The addition of an electron, that is, one-electron reduction of benzene, results in the formation of the benzene anion radical. The third free radical is formed by the homolytic cleavage of one of the C-H bonds by u.v. light or other radiation to form a hydrogen atom and the phenyl radical.
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Mason, R.P., Harman, L.S., Mottley, C. (1984). Free radical metabolites of l-cysteine and glutathione oxidation. In: Paton, W., Mitchell, J., Turner, P. (eds) IUPHAR 9th International Congress of Pharmacology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86029-6_33
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