The relative importance of bond strength, steric effects, and polarity in determining the rate and orientation of free radical substitution and free radical addition reactions is considered. The factors which control substitution reactions (radical transfer reactions) are gathered together as five "rules", and a similar five "rules" are proposed for addition reactions. These "rules" are shown to be special cases of two ''laws'' which govern all free radical reactions.

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