Abstract
The review is devoted to the mechanism of the action of stable nitroxy-radicals in liquid-phase oxidation reactions of organic compounds. The chemical reactions which take place with participation of nitroxy-radicals are examined and their kinetic parameters are presented. The causes of the high inhibition coefficients and the possible ways of regenerating the nitroxy-radicals from their reaction products are discussed. The phenomenon of the selective inhibition of polymerisation processes accompanying oxidation is described and the conditions necessary for selective inhibition and the possibility of using nitroxy-radicals for this purpose are discussed.
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