An electron-transfer induced reaction path controlled by ion-pair formation: an ESR/ENDOR study of furan carbaldehydes and their reactivity
Abstract
When furan 2,5-dicarbaldehyde 1 is single-electron reduced to its radical anion 1˙– its readiness to couple to give dimer 2 depends upon the nature of the ion pair 1˙–/M+(M = Li, Na, K, Cs).