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IT is generally accepted that autoxidation of unsaturated fatty compounds at ordinary temperatures is an action propagated by a free-radical mechanism. The radicals concerned have been shown to be derived from the α-methylenic groups adjacent to a double bond. From consideration of chemical and kinetic evidence Bolland1 has concluded that the chain propagation reactions involved are 
, where RH is an unsaturated fatty ester, and R— is a free radical of the formula 
.
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HILDITCH, T. Autoxidation of Oleic (or Other Monoethenoid Long-Chain) Esters. Nature 166, 558–559 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166558a0
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