Muonic alkyl radicals with α- or β-phosphorus substituents: (EtO)2P(O)ĊHCH2Mu and H2ĊCH(Mu)P(O)(OEt)2
Abstract
The magnitudes of the muon–electron hyperfine coupling constants for the title radicals show that the muonium atom favours the out-of-plane site for the α-P substituted radical, but is constrained towards the in-plane site for the β-P substituted radical.