Secondary orbital interactions in the propagation steps of lipid peroxidation†
Di Hu,Derek A. Pratt
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/13/2010 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C0CC00019A
Abstract

Calculations on the propagation steps in the radical chain oxidation of lipids (H-atom abstraction, O2 addition) show that secondary orbital interactions play an important role in the structure and energetics of the transition states of these reactions.

Graphical abstract: Secondary orbital interactions in the propagation steps of lipid peroxidation