The kinetics of selective solvation of the electron in a binary liquid system
Abstract
Electrons formed by pulse-radiolysis at 107 K in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (MTHF) containing 0·3 mole-fraction ethanol are first solvated by MTHF molecules which are then all displaced by ethanol molecules in a diffusion-controlled bimolecular process; the resultant e–alc species then either decompose unimolecularly or react bimolecularly with a positively charged entity.