Yields and decay processes of the solvated electron in liquid alcohols at low temperature observed by nanosecond pulse radiolysis

Abstract

Observations on e_s^– in alcohols are used to show that ca. one third of the total electrons produced recombine before solvation, that in the reaction of e_s^– with alcohols neither diffusion nor dielectric relaxation are rate determining, and that the total yield of e_s^– in water may be as high as 5.