Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol.100, No.27, 11325-11335, 1996
High-Mobility Ions in Cycloalkanes - Transient DC Conductivity
Transient dc conductivity is used to observe high-mobility ions in laser photolysis and pulse radiolysis of cyclohexane and decalins. While in decalins the scavenging of the de conductivity signal from these ions by solutes is a pseudo-first-order reaction, in cyclohexane the behavior is more complex and is indicative of the involvement of two species. This bimodality is rationalized in terms of a dynamic equilibrium between the conformers of the solvent radical cation. A similar equilibrium between the isomer radical cations of decalin is needed to account for the results on photoinduced conductivity in the mixtures of cis- and trans-decalin. In both of these cases, the mechanism of the equilibrium is the reversible charge transfer.
Keywords:DETECTED MAGNETIC-RESONANCE;ALKANE RADICAL CATIONS;PULSE-RADIOLYSIS;CIS-DECALIN;RECOMBINATION FLUORESCENCE;IRRADIATED CYCLOHEXANE;HYDROCARBONS;LIQUID;ENERGY;DEPENDENCE