Question

What is free radical? Give an example.

Answer 1

They can either donate an electron to or accept an electron from other molecules, therefore behaving as oxidants or reductants.[5] The most important oxygen-containing free radicals in many disease states are hydroxyl radical, superoxide anion radical, hydrogen peroxide, oxygen singlet, hypochlorite, nitric oxide .

Answer 2

Those reactive species which are formed by the homolytic fission and have unpaired electron are called as free radicals.

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