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radical disproportionation

A radical disproportionation is a special case of disproportionation and is loosely described in organic chemistry as a chemical reaction between two radicals where the main feature is the transfer of one hydrogen atom from one chemical species to another with concomitant formation of an unsaturation in the first chemical species.

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