Electron spin resonance of transient negative ions in the formation of donor–acceptor charge-transfer complexes of solvent–tetracyanoethylene systems
Abstract
The first-order decay of negative ions from solvent–tetracyanoethylene donor–acceptor charge-transfer complexes has been observed by e.s. spectroscopy. A mechanism based upon simultaneous hydrogen-bonded proton and electron hole transfer is used to account for the decay.