The renaissance of organic radical chemistry – deja vu all over again

Long-thriving movements often have a habit of continually reinventing themselves in a process called renaissance. The word itself is an English reinvention (some would say theft) of the French word for “rebirth”. Renaissances often occur in waves with each new wave typically building on the prior one. The European Renaissance is a perfect example, occurring in waves over about three centuries. Quoting from Yogi Berra, after a few of these waves that bear certain resemblances, it starts to feel like “deja vu all over again” [1].