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On the curing of fatty acids with singlet oxygen

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A review on the transformation of triplet oxygen to singlet oxygen via sensitising agents commonly found in fatty oils is presented. The Wigner spin conservation rule restricts the direct reaction of triplet oxygen with organic molecules possessing singlet multiplicities. Sensitisers present in fatty oils are energetically and mechanistically capable of changing oxygen from its triplet state to its singlet state. Lowering the oxygen multiplicity overcomes the spin restriction, thus allowing for the oxidative curing of fatty acids commonly used in alkyd resins.

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Martyak, N.M. On the curing of fatty acids with singlet oxygen. Surface Coatings International Part B: Coatings Transactions 89, 177–181 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02699648

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