An e.s.r. study of bicyclo[1.1.1]pent-1-yl radicals

1 January 1983

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 16,p. 900-901
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39830000900

Abstract

The e.s.r. spectrum of bicyclo[1.1.1]pent-1-yl radicals shows a very large hyperfine splitting from the bridgehead γ-hydrogen; this is probably due to the through space and through bond orbital interactions reinforcing one another.

Keywords

E.S.R
PENT
BICYCLO
BRIDGEHEAD
SPLITTING
REINFORCING
BOND
HYPERFINE