X- and Q-band ESR spectra were observed for ˙P4+ cations prepared by exposing solid solutions of P4 in Freon to X-rays or 60Co γ-rays at 77 K; excellent agreement between the observed and simulated spectra revealed that the cations are formed in a D2d‘butterfly’ structure, resulting from the simultaneous cleavage of two bent chemical bonds in the tetrahedral P4 molecule, induced by electron loss.
A. Hasegawa, J. L. Wyatt and M. C. R. Symons, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1990, 62 DOI: 10.1039/C39900000062
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