Continuous charge distribution models of ions in polar media. Part 2.—Self and interaction energies for soft charged ring systems dissolved in a polar medium

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the calculation of self and interaction energies for ring type charge distributions as representations of a class of ions (namely, radical ions of the aromatic ring type). The ionic systems are considered to be dissolved in a suitable polar solvent medium. The energy quantities are useful in the calculation of solvation energies. In particular, the interaction energy enters into the consideration of the repolarization energy for an electron transfer transition between donor and acceptor species.