CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- COMPLICATIONS EXISTING AT CONSIDERATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING ON KINETICS OF RADICAL REACTIONS -- THE MEDIUM INFLUENCE ON THERMOLYSIS OF DIACYL - AND DIALKYLPEROXIDES -- DECOMPOSITION OF PERACIDS ESTERS -- DECOMPOSITION OF THE HYDROPEROXIDES AND REACTIONS OF THE PHENOXYRADICALS -- EFFECTS OF THE SOLVENTS IN THE OXIDATION REACTIONS -- THE MEDIUM INFLUENCE ON SOME OTHER HOMOLYTIC REACTIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- INDEX.