Studies on Radical Cations I. Molecular
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Thomas Bally; Edwin Haselbach; Zuzana Lanyiova; Peter Baertschi
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Article
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1978
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John Wiley and Sons
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German
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## Abstract γ‐Irradiation of tris (methylidene)‐cyclopropane (‘[3]radialene’) **1** in a rigid electron scavenging matrix (butylchoride/i‐pentane, 1:1) at 77 K leads to formation of its molecular cation **1**^+^. Slight softening of the matrix by a temperature increase of 3–5 K results in formation