Abstract
E.s.r. spectra of ·CH2OCH2OCH3 at low temperatures show line-width alternation in both the α- and the γ-proton hyperfine splitting patterns; conformational interconversion involving rotation around the Oβ–Cγ bond has an energy barrier of 19 ±2 kJ mol–1. In the radical's preferred conformation, the γ-proton splittings have opposite signs, which is understandable in terms of a combination of both hyperconjugation and through-bond spin-polarisation to spin transmission. INDO MO Calculations provide corroboration for the conformational analysis.

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