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Why are free radicals so reactive? If free radicals are so reactive, why are paramagnetic substances such as O2 stable?

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Simply having an odd electron doesn't make free radicals receptive. The odd electron does not have a strange "desire" to match. Free radicals are most receptive while picking up or losing an electron prompts to a substantially more steady electronic design.
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