RADICAL ANIONS, STABILITY

From: "E. Lewars" <elewars &$at$& alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Subject: RADICAL ANIONS, STABILITY
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 21:08:43 -0400 (EDT)

1999 August 11
                    RADICAL ANIONS, ELECTRON AFFINITY
 Calculations on the radical cations of molecules are fairly common, often in
 connection with comparison with experimental ionization energies. In contrast,
 little seems to have been published on the experimental or computational
 study of simple (alkanes, cycloalkanes, etc) radical anions.
 QUESTION: do simple radical anions, in contrast to radical cations, dissociate
 spontaneously (e.g. CH3-CH3.-  --> CH3. + CH3- )? Has this been well
 documented
 experimentally and/or computationally?
   Thanks
    E. Lewars
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